English Explanatory Dictionary

fantastic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Wonderful; marvelous; excellent; extraordinarily good or great (used especially as an intensifier).
  2. Existing in or constructed from fantasy; of or relating to fantasy; fanciful.
  3. Not believable; implausible; seemingly only possible in fantasy.
  4. Resembling fantasies in irregularity, caprice, or eccentricity; irregular; grotesque.
noun
  1. A fanciful or whimsical person.

Pronunciation

/fænˈtæs.tɪk/ [fanˈtʰas.tɪk(ʰ)] [fɛə̯nˈtʰæs.tɪk(ʰ)] en-us-fantastic.ogg /fɛnˈtɛs.tək/ /fen.ʈæs.ʈɪk/

Word forms

fantastic more fantastic most fantastic fantastick phantastic phantastick phantastique fantastics

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French fantastique, borrowed from Late Latin phantasticus, borrowed from Ancient Greek φᾰντᾰστῐκός (phăntăstĭkós, “imaginary, fantastic; fictional”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”). Equivalent to fantasy + -tic. Doublet of fantastique.

Synonyms

absurd crazy foolish nonsensical unreal preposterous insane fanciful bizarre wild brilliant fabulous splendid super wonderful ace admirable amazing awe-inspiring awesome badass bang on bang-up studly based beatific beneship bitching blissful bomb bully celestial cher choice chronic chur cock on commendable cool copacetic crackerjack cushty dank def delightful divine dope epic excellent exceptional exemplary exquisite extraordinary fab fantabulosa fantastic fierce finger-lickin' good fire fireball

Antonyms

reasonable realistic

Related words

fantasy fantasise fantasize surreal ludicrous queer peculiar queerish eccentric kinky unbelievable laughable funny incredible inconceivable weird way-out odd unthinkable implausible nightmarish outré ridiculous extravagant unimaginable bizarro grotesque far-out outlandish Kafkaesque dreamlike quaint quirky curious out-of-the-way kooky kookie screwy strange wacky whacky Alice in Wonderland off-the-wall slang

Derived words

fabtastic fanfreakingtastic fantabulous fantascience fantasterrific fantastical fantastically fantasticism fantasticity fantasticize fantasticly fantasticness floptastic funtastic nonfantastic plastic fantastic snazztastic spanktastic sparktastic sucktastic superfantastic supertastic trip the light fantastic ultrafantastic unfantastic
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