of or pertaining to romance; involving or resembling romance; hence, fanciful; marvelous; extravagant; unreal; as, a romantic tale; a romantic notion; a romantic undertaking.-entertaining ideas and expectations suited to a romance; as, a romantic person; a romantic mind.-of or pertaining to the style of the christian and popular literature of the middle ages, as opposed to the classical antique; of the nature of, or appropriate to, that style; as, the romantic school of poets.-characterized by strangeness or variety; suggestive of adventure; suited to romance; wild; picturesque; -- applied to scenery; as, a romantic landscape.