platonic
/pləˈtɒnɪk/US/pləˈtɔnɪk/
platonic adjective: neither sexual nor romantic in nature; being or exhibiting platonic love. Also the alternative letter-case form of Platonic.
Adjective (1)
platonic (comparative more platonic, superlative most platonic)
- Neither sexual nor romantic in nature; being or exhibiting platonic love.
- They are good friends, but their relationship is strictly platonic.
Adjective (2) capitalized: Platonic
Platonic (not generally comparable, comparative more Platonic, superlative most Platonic)
- Of or relating to the ancient Greek philosopher Plato or his philosophies.
- Alternative letter-case form of platonic (non-sexual).
- The homosexual dismisses heterosexual love as a distasteful bondage to normalcy and bourgeois domestication, but the Platonic lover of the soul is dismissing all sexuality as bondage to the physical world.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 193
Noun capitalized: Platonic
Platonic (plural Platonics)
- A Platonist; a follower of Plato's ideas.
- A Platonic solid.
Also used as
platonic is also the alternative letter-case form of Platonic.
platonic meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
platonic in Hindi
- प्लेटोनिक, प्लैटोनिक, प्लैटोनीक
platonic in Tamil
- பிளாட்டோனிக், பிளேட்டோனிக், பிளாடோனிக்
platonic in Marathi
- प्लाटोनीक, प्लेटोनिक, प्लॅटोनिक
platonic in Urdu
- پلاٹونک, پلیٹونک, پلاٹینک
More languagesFewer languages
- platonic in Bengali
- প্লাটোনিক, প্লেটোনিক, প্ল্যাটনিক
- platonic in Telugu
- ప్లాటోనిక్, ప్లాటానిక్
- platonic in Malayalam
- പ്ലാറ്റോണിക്, പ്ലാറ്റണിക്
- platonic in Kannada
- ಪ್ಲಾಟೋನಿಕ್, ಪ್ಲ್ಯಾಟೋನಿಕ್
- platonic in Punjabi
- ਪਲੈਟੋਨਿਕ, ਪਲੈਟੌਨਿਕ, ਪਲੈਟਾਨਿਕ
- platonic in Gujarati
- પ્લેટોનિક, પ્લેટોનીક, પ્લાટોનીક
- platonic in Odia
- ପ୍ଲାଟୋନିକ୍, ପ୍ଲାଟୋନିକ
- platonic in Nepali
- प्लेटोनिक, प्लाटोनिक
- platonic in Arabic
- أَفْلَاطُونِيّ ʔaflāṭōniyy
- platonic in Persian
- افلاطونی aflâtuni
Examples of platonic in a sentence
- These include: the (nonsexual, nonromantic) aesthetic attraction, platonic attraction, sensual attraction and alterous attraction.
- Some aces are asexual and aromantic, meaning they enjoy platonic friendships, but don’t experience romantic attraction.
- His next-door neighbor and platonic lifemate, poised, purple-clad witch Mrs.
Antonyms of platonic
Forms of platonic
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more platonic |
| superlative | most platonic |
| alternative form | Platonic |
| alternative form | Platonick |
| alternative form | platonick |
| comparative | more Platonic |
| superlative | most Platonic |
| alternative form | platonic |
| Noun | |
| plural | Platonics |
Origin of platonic
Variant of Platonic, which see. The sense “non-sexual” dates to the 17th century in English, and to the 15th century in Latin; see platonic love for details.
From Latin Platōnicus. By surface analysis, Platon (“Plato”) + -ic (“relating to”).
Words formed from platonic
Phrases with platonic
Words that rhyme with platonic
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- demonic
- ionic
- laconic
- masonic
- mnemonic
- monic
- monophonic
- monotonic
- pythonic
- Teutonic
- catatonic
- colonic
- histrionic
- homophonic
- infrasonic
- moronic
- planktonic
- polytonic
- sardonic
- Slavonic
- sonic
- supersonic
- syntonic
- ambisonic
- anionic
- aplatonic
- apophonic
- arachidonic
- autochthonic
- avionic
- bacterioplanktonic
- Bonnick
- bosonic
- breviconic
- bubonic
- Byronic
- carbonic
- chthonic
- clonic
- conic
- cryonic
- Decameronic
- diatonic
- eugonic
- euphonic
- eutonic
- glyconic
- hadronic
Questions about platonic
- What does platonic mean?
- Platonic means neither sexual nor romantic in nature; being or exhibiting platonic love.
- What is platonic in Hindi?
- Platonic in Hindi is प्लेटोनिक, प्लैटोनिक, प्लैटोनीक. See Platonic meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is platonic?
- Platonic can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce platonic?
- Platonic is pronounced /pləˈtɒnɪk/ (UK).
Words near platonic in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: platonic (page history and authors); Platonic (page history and authors); platonic (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); platonic (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); platonic (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); platonic (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); platonic (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); platonic (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); platonic (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); platonic (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); platonic (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); platonic (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); platonic (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); platonic (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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