Thesaurus / quixotic
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The man who wants America to “think harder” has parlayed his quixotic presidential campaign into front-runner status in New York’s mayoral election.
THE FUTURE OF NEW YORK CITY IS IN QUESTION. COULD ANDREW YANG BE THE ANSWER? (EP. 462)STEPHEN J. DUBNERMAY 13, 2021FREAKONOMICSWith cities and states charting a declining demand for doses, some have turned to these audacious, outlandish and perhaps quixotic incentives to lure in vaccine apathetes.
BEER, BOUQUETS AND FREE ROUNDS AT A GUN RANGE: HOW LOCAL GOVERNMENTS PROMOTE VACCINESREIS THEBAULT, PAULINA FIROZIMAY 6, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThis broad group of politically homeless citizens is a tribe trying to transcend tribalism—and while that may sound quixotic, that is the story of America.
EIGHT IN TEN AMERICANS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT PARTISANSHIP. HERE'S HOW 'THE UNUM TEST' CAN REUNITE AMERICAJONATHAN HAIDTAPRIL 13, 2021TIMEThough that may be true, his book proves that the quixotic search for linguistic purity can still lead us back to the rough ground of biology.
THE SURPRISINGLY ELUSIVE DEFINITION OF ‘LIFE’JACOB BROGANMARCH 26, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThe pair were the only survivors of a quixotic five-person expedition to an Arctic island, with hopes of claiming the land for Canada.
THE WOMAN WHO SURVIVED TWO YEARS ALONE IN THE ARCTICFIONA ZUBLINDECEMBER 9, 2020OZYIt was Quixotic, and two hundred years ago could scarcely have escaped the pen of some French Cervantes.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSSuccess to you, but don't for a moment think of carrying out that quixotic plan you first mentioned.
THE CROMPTONSMARY J. HOLMESThe quixotic are rarely successful, and success is the measure by which everything is judged to-day.
SPANISH LIFE IN TOWN AND COUNTRYL. HIGGIN AND EUGNE E. STREETDon Quixote was always doing generous but rather foolish things, and the adjective quixotic now describes this sort of action.
STORIES THAT WORDS TELL USELIZABETH O'NEILLShe must not let herself be swept away by any quixotic sentiment.
THE HIGHGRADERWILLIAM MACLEOD RAINESYNONYM OF THE DAY
JULY 23, 2021
WORDS RELATED TO QUIXOTIC
- abstruse
- anagogic
- arcane
- cabalistic
- cryptic
- enigmatical
- hidden
- imaginary
- impenetrable
- inscrutable
- magic
- magical
- metaphysical
- mysterial
- mysterious
- necromantic
- nonrational
- numinous
- occult
- otherworldly
- paranormal
- preternatural
- quixotic
- sorcerous
- spiritual
- supernatural
- telestic
- thaumaturgic
- transcendental
- unaccountable
- unknowable
- visionary
- wizardly
- abstruse
- anagogic
- arcane
- cabalistic
- cryptic
- enigmatical
- esoteric
- hidden
- imaginary
- impenetrable
- inscrutable
- magic
- magical
- metaphysical
- mysterial
- mysterious
- mystical
- necromantic
- nonrational
- numinous
- occult
- otherworldly
- paranormal
- preternatural
- quixotic
- sorcerous
- spiritual
- supernatural
- telestic
- thaumaturgic
- transcendental
- unaccountable
- unknowable
- visionary
- witchlike
- wizardly
- abstruse
- anagogic
- arcane
- cabalistic
- cryptic
- enigmatical
- hidden
- imaginary
- impenetrable
- inscrutable
- magic
- magical
- metaphysical
- mysterial
- mysterious
- necromantic
- nonrational
- numinous
- occult
- otherworldly
- paranormal
- preternatural
- quixotic
- sorcerous
- spiritual
- supernatural
- telestic
- thaumaturgic
- transcendental
- unaccountable
- unknowable
- visionary
- wizardly
- abstract
- apocryphal
- apparitional
- assumed
- chimeric
- chimerical
- conceptual
- deceptive
- delusive
- dreamed-up
- dreamlike
- dreamy
- fabulous
- fancied
- fanciful
- fantastic
- fantastical
- fictional
- figmental
- fool's paradise
- hallucinatory
- hypothetical
- ideal
- illusive
- illusory
- imaginative
- imagined
- legendary
- made-up
- mythological
- nonexistent
- phantasmal
- phantasmic
- quixotic
- shadowy
- spectral
- supposed
- supposititious
- theoretical
- trumped up
- unreal
- unsubstantial
- visionary
- whimsical
- adventurous
- amorous
- bathetic
- charming
- chimerical
- chivalrous
- colorful
- corny
- daring
- dreamy
- enchanting
- erotic
- exciting
- exotic
- extravagant
- fairy-tale
- fanciful
- fantastic
- fascinating
- fond
- glamorous
- idyllic
- impractical
- lovey-dovey
- loving
- maudlin
- mushy
- mysterious
- nostalgic
- passionate
- picturesque
- poetic
- quixotic
- sloppy
- soppy
- starry-eyed
- syrupy
- tear-jerking
- tender
- unrealistic
- utopian
- visionary
- whimsical
- wild
- abstract
- academic
- analytical
- as a premise
- assumed
- codified
- conjectural
- contingent
- formalistic
- formularized
- general
- hypothetic
- hypothetical
- ideal
- idealized
- ideational
- ideological
- imaginative
- impractical
- in the abstract
- in theory
- intellectual
- logical
- metaphysical
- notional
- on paper
- pedantic
- philosophical
- postulated
- presumed
- problematical
- pure
- quixotic
- speculative
- suppositional
- tentative
- transcendent
- transcendental
- unearthly
- unproved
- unsubstantiated
- vague
- abstract
- academic
- analytical
- as a premise
- assumed
- codified
- conjectural
- contingent
- formalistic
- formularized
- general
- ideal
- idealized
- ideational
- ideological
- imaginative
- impractical
- in the abstract
- in theory
- intellectual
- logical
- metaphysical
- notional
- on paper
- pedantic
- philosophical
- postulated
- presumed
- problematical
- pure
- quixotic
- speculative
- suppositional
- tentative
- transcendent
- transcendental
- unearthly
- unproved
- unsubstantiated
- vague
- abstract
- absurd
- chimerical
- idealistic
- illogical
- impossible
- impractical
- improbable
- inapplicable
- inefficacious
- infeasible
- inoperable
- irrealizable
- ivory-tower
- no-go
- nonfunctional
- nonviable
- not a prayer
- otherworldly
- out of the question
- quixotic
- romantic
- speculative
- starry-eyed
- theoretical
- unattainable
- unbusinesslike
- unfeasible
- unreal
- unserviceable
- unusable
- unwise
- unworkable
- useless
- visionary
- wild
- won't fly
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.