quixotic
Chasing impossible dreams
The adjective quixotic is based on the last name of the fictional character Don Quixote and can suggest any or all of the many exaggerated qualities he had: excessive chivalry, romanticism, impracticality, or impulsiveness: The government’s quixotic attempts to regulate the markets have all backfired on them. The book is condensed from the diary he kept during eight years of quixotic adventures in the Himalayas.
Imaginatively unrealistic
- whimsicalPlayfully fanciful or erratic
- fantasticalExtravagantly unreal or imaginary
- dreamyVague and pleasantly distracted
- romanticConducive to love
chimerical · illusory · enchanted · mythical · otherworldly · fairy-tale · imaginative · wistful
Rotating vaned power structures
- foolhardyRecklessly bold
- unworkableImpossible to execute
- imprudentLacking careful forethought
- unrealisticLacking basis in reality
unfeasible · tilting · futile · misguided · naive · ill-conceived · harebrained · unrealizable
One given to fantasies
- visionaryImaginative planner of futures
- nobleTitled or virtuous
- aspirationalStriving toward ideals
- altruisticConcerned for others' welfare
romantic · hopeful · principled · humanitarian · philanthropic · reformist · optimistic · enthusiastic
- La ManchaSpanish historical region
- picaresqueRascally adventure narrative style
- satireMockery exposing vice
- parodySatirical imitation
antihero · tragicomic · idealist · deluded · madness · illusion · windmill · knight-errant
fanciful
Imaginatively unrealistic
- whimsicalPlayfully fanciful or erratic
- fantasticalExtravagantly unreal or imaginary
- dreamyVague and pleasantly distracted
romantic · chimerical · illusory · enchanted · mythical · otherworldly · fairy-tale · imaginative · wistful · ethereal
windmills
Rotating vaned power structures
- foolhardyRecklessly bold
- unworkableImpossible to execute
- imprudentLacking careful forethought
unrealistic · unfeasible · tilting · futile · misguided · naive · ill-conceived · harebrained · unrealizable · unattainable
dreamer
One given to fantasies
- visionaryImaginative planner of futures
- nobleTitled or virtuous
- aspirationalStriving toward ideals
altruistic · romantic · hopeful · principled · humanitarian · philanthropic · reformist · optimistic · enthusiastic · passionate
Cervantes
- La ManchaSpanish historical region
- picaresqueRascally adventure narrative style
- satireMockery exposing vice
parody · antihero · tragicomic · idealist · deluded · madness · illusion · windmill · knight-errant · Sancho Panza
knight-errant
Medieval adventure-seeking warrior
noble · valiant · honor · damsel · quest · lance · steed · armor · jousting · errant
- idealisticidealist, idealistic, utopian, dreamer, visionary
- AllusionsAchilles heel, Pandora's box, Trojan horse, forbidden fruit, Midas touch
- fancy wordsgrandiloquent, magniloquent, sesquipedalian, pulchritudinous, tintinnabulation
- Historical AllusionsTrojan horse, Achilles heel, Pyrrhic victory, crossing the Rubicon, Pandora's box
- Coined Wordschortle, galumph, nerd, robot, quark
- daydreamingdaydreaming, daydreams, fantasies, deep in thought, musings
quixoticpractical
Suited for real use
pragmatic · realistic · down-to-earth · hardheaded · hard-nosed
quixoticclear-eyed
Perceiving without distortion
hardheaded · hard-headed · hard-nosed · tough-minded · clear-sighted
quixoticcalculating
Coldly self-serving in strategy
shrewd · worldly · savvy · canny · streetwise
- Don QuixoteDelusional self-proclaimed knight-errant