platonic
adjectiveUK /pləˈtɒn.ɪk/
US /pləˈtɑː.nɪk/
A platonic friendship is a close friendship with no romance in it.
They have been platonic friends since they were kids and have never dated.
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2. Relating to the ancient Greek philosopher Plato or his ideas.
The professor gave a lecture on Platonic philosophy and the theory of forms.
3. In mathematics, describing a solid with faces that are all the same regular shape.
A cube is one of the five Platonic solids.
4. Existing as an ideal form rather than in the physical world.
He dreamed of a platonic version of the perfect city.