fantast

or phan·tast

[ fan-tast ]

noun

1. a visionary or dreamer.

fantast

/ ˈfæntæst /

noun

1. a dreamer or visionary

Word History and Origins

Origin of fantast¹

First recorded in 1580–90; from German, Fantast, Phantast, from Greek phantastḗs “boaster”; a derivative of the verb phantázein “to make visible, present to the eye or mind”

Word History and Origins

Origin of fantast¹

C16: from German Phantast , from Greek phantastēs boaster; English word influenced in meaning by fantastic

Example Sentences

Daily fantast sports are online games in which players compete for cash prizes by picking teams of real life athletes and scoring “fantasy” points based on how those athletes perform.

From Seattle Times

The young are apparently taken with the socialist fantast Bernie Sanders—but then, being young, they don’t realize he is nothing more than a digitally remastered 1930s replay.

From Wall Street Journal

Steven Spielberg, fantast supreme, always felt manacled by movie reality.

From Time

The room was a tatterdemalion rococo barbarized more completely by gothic embellishments that nevertheless gave it the atmosphere of the fantasts with whom Michael had identified it.

From Project Gutenberg

He has himself a good deal of the fantast again, but with a better basis of solidity beneath it.

From Project Gutenberg