quixotical

adjective

Definition of quixoticalnext
as in romantic
having or marked by a tendency to be guided more by ideals than by reality a quixotical attempt to bring live theater to a generation hooked on video games

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quixotical
  1. romantic
  2. impractical
  3. quixotic
  4. idealistic
  5. ideological
Adjective
  • Their relationship, perhaps romantic, perhaps not, upends both of their lives.
    Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Owning a cat can even improve our romantic relationships.
    Jackie (Ott) Jaakola, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of romantic
Adjective
  • For instance, unused network segments can be powered down temporarily to save energy, a task that would be impractical to manage manually across thousands of network sites.
    Robert Backhouse, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Experts dismiss an analogous design for the U.S. as impractical—Israel's defenses are vastly different to the U.S. for several reasons, not least the size of the country and who is doing the targeting.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
Definition of impractical
Adjective
  • With Mayor Michelle Wu’s increasingly quixotic attempt to raise commercial taxes set to come before the Senate for a third time again Monday, the Joint Revenue Committee chair weighed in on the issue with cold feet on Sunday.
    Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 9 Dec. 2024
  • If not the quixotic quest for the playoffs, then as a testament to quality for players and coaches and a momentum starter for the 2025 season.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of quixotic
Adjective
  • McCourt’s pitch tries to encompass not just his idealistic vision for the Internet but pragmatic capitalist arguments.
    Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Your celestial ruler, Venus, is shining an idealistic light on your social circles, long-term goals and dreams, but Jupiter retrograde in Gemini urges you to consider your financial stability and sense of self-worth.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 14 Jan. 2025
Definition of idealistic
Adjective
  • Recall past photos of presidents from both parties and all ideological stripes attending the dedication of their colleagues' presidential libraries.
    Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
  • And while some of them have indeed come to the Florida table to express ideological kinship – like Argentina’s President Javier Milei – others have made the trek to gauge warily the implications of the imminent return of a confrontational America-first foreign policy.
    Howard LaFranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Jan. 2025
Definition of ideological
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