Usually means: Idealistic, impractical pursuit of ideals.
Definitions Related words Phrases Mentions Lyrics History Colors (New!)
We found 10 dictionaries that define the word quixote:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. quixote: Merriam-Webster
  2. Quixote: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Quixote: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Quixote, quixote: Wordnik
  5. Quixote: Wiktionary
  6. Quixote: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. quixote: Dictionary.com
  8. Quixote (software), Quixote (web framework), Quixote: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Quixote: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. quixote: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See quixotism as well.)

Google, News, Images, Wikipedia, Reddit, BlueSky
Definitions from Wiktionary (Quixote)

▸ noun:  Someone resembling Don Quixote; someone who is chivalrous but unrealistic; an idealist.

Similar:
Don Quixote, white knight, cavalero, superqueero, Queequeg, chanticleer, Boy Scout, knight-erratic, quiche-eater, cotquean, more...

Opposite:
realist, pragmatist, skeptic

Phrases:
Don Quixote, quixote don, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote, The Female Quixote, more...

Adjectives:
modern, female, great, old, immortal, poor, renowned, valorous, valiant, young, famous

Colors:
    dusty rose,     sepia,     parchment,     antique white,     taupe, more...



▸ Words similar to quixote

▸ Usage examples for quixote

▸ Idioms related to quixote

▸ Wikipedia articles (New!)

▸ Popular adjectives describing quixote

▸ Words that often appear near quixote

▸ Rhymes of quixote

▸ Invented words related to quixote

Similar:
Don Quixote, white knight, cavalero, superqueero, Queequeg, chanticleer, Boy Scout, knight-erratic, quiche-eater, cotquean, more...

Opposite:
realist, pragmatist, skeptic

Phrases:
Don Quixote, quixote don, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote, The Female Quixote, quixote or giovanni, weapon for don quixote, literary knight idolized by don quixote, more...

Adjectives:
modern, female, great, old, immortal, poor, renowned, valorous, valiant, young, famous

Colors:
    dusty rose,     sepia,     parchment,     antique white,     taupe, more...



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.


(Click a button above to see words related to "quixote" that fit the given meter.)



Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux