Usually means: Non-romantic, purely spiritual or intellectual.
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  1. platonic: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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  3. Platonic, platonic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. Platonic: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  10. Platonic: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  18. platonic: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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Definitions from Wiktionary (Platonic)

▸ adjective:  Of or relating to the ancient Greek philosopher Plato or his philosophies.
▸ noun:  A Platonist; a follower of Plato's ideas.
▸ noun:  A Platonic solid.
▸ adjective:  Neither sexual nor romantic in nature; being or exhibiting platonic love.
▸ adjective:  Alternative letter-case form of platonic (non-sexual). [Neither sexual nor romantic in nature; being or exhibiting platonic love.]
▸ adjective:  Alternative letter-case form of Platonic (of or relating to the philosophical views of Plato and his successors). [Of or relating to the ancient Greek philosopher Plato or his philosophies.]

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passionless, Platonical, Neoplatonic, Neo-Platonic, Plutarchan, Plotinian, academical, Plutarchic, philiac, Plutarchian, more...

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romantic, erotic

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mathematical, philosophical, erotic, mythological, historical, literary, artistic, musical, poetic, more...

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platonic love, platonic dialogues, Platonic dialogue, platonic forms, Platonic Academy, more...

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neo, sino, more, anti, pre, non, old, post, less, quasi, genuinely

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passionless, Platonical, Neoplatonic, Neo-Platonic, Plutarchan, Plotinian, academical, Plutarchic, philiac, Plutarchian, more...

Opposite:
romantic, erotic

Types:
mathematical, philosophical, erotic, mythological, historical, literary, artistic, musical, poetic, more...

Phrases:
platonic love, platonic dialogues, Platonic dialogue, platonic forms, Platonic Academy, platonic solids, Platonic realism, platonic dialectic, Platonic solid, platonic bodies, Platonic year, platonic body, more...

Adjectives:
neo, sino, more, anti, pre, non, old, post, less, quasi, genuinely

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