fantastic

[ fan-tas-tik ]

adjective

1. extraordinarily good; excellent:

   a fantastic restaurant.

2. Also fan·tas·ti·cal [].
   1. conceived or appearing as if conceived by an unrestrained imagination; odd and remarkable; bizarre; grotesque:

      The most fantastic rock formations are visible from the high plateau of the park’s rim trail.

      Artists rendered fantastic designs in the margin of the manuscript.

   2. fanciful or capricious, as persons or their ideas or actions:

      We never know what that fantastic creature will say next.

   3. imaginary or groundless in not being based on reality; foolish or irrational:

      You can’t let these fantastic fears of yours control your life.

   4. extravagantly fanciful; marvelous:

      The scenery and lighting they created for the dream sequences are truly fantastic!

   5. incredibly great or extreme; exorbitant:

      The rich are spending fantastic sums of money, even in this economy.

   6. highly unrealistic or impractical:

      They hatched a fantastic scheme to make a million dollars betting on horse races.

fantastic

/ fænˈtæstɪk /

adjective

1. strange, weird, or fanciful in appearance, conception, etc
2. created in the mind; illusory
3. extravagantly fanciful; unrealistic

   fantastic plans

4. incredible or preposterous; absurd

   a fantastic verdict

5. informal.
   very large or extreme; great

   a fantastic fortune

   he suffered fantastic pain

6. informal.
   very good; excellent
7. of, given to, or characterized by fantasy
8. not constant; capricious; fitful

   given to fantastic moods

noun

1. archaic.
   a person who dresses or behaves eccentrically

Derived Forms

• ˌfantastiˈcality, noun

Other Words From

• fan·tas·ti·cal·ly adverb
• fan·tas·ti·cal·ness fan·tas·ti·cal·i·ty [fan-tas-ti-, kal, -i-tee], noun
• su·per·fan·tas·tic adjective
• su·per·fan·tas·ti·cal·ly adverb
• un·fan·tas·tic adjective
• un·fan·tas·ti·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of fantastic¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English fantastik “pertaining to the imaginative faculty,” from Medieval Latin fantasticus, variant of Late Latin phantasticus, from Greek phantastikós “able to present the appearence (of something),” derivative of phantázein “to make present to the eye or mind” (akin to phānós “light, bright,” phaínein “to bring to light, cause to appear”) + -tikos -tic

Word History and Origins

Origin of fantastic¹

C14 fantastik imaginary, via Late Latin from Greek phantastikos capable of imagining, from phantazein to make visible

Synonym Study

See bizarre.

Example Sentences

"I will be thankful to the club, the players and the fans, because it was a fantastic season. But I cannot control how they are going to receive me."

From BBC

"It was a fantastic connection and I will always be thankful to them. It was hard to leave for sure because there was a good connection in terms of human beings."

From BBC

"They are not unbeatable. They are a fantastic side, and are world champions for a reason, but there are guys in our team who have beaten them before."

From BBC

“And it happened here. We all just sat back and watched Margo Martindale drive that pickup truck, dragging that tree, and it just was fantastic.”

From Los Angeles Times

Peter's prediction: Spurs can be absolutely fantastic under Ange Postecoglou, and play such swashbuckling stuff.

From BBC

Related Words

• absurd
• crazy
• exotic
• fanciful
• grotesque
• imaginative
• implausible
• incredible
• insane
• ludicrous
• odd
• outlandish
• preposterous
• ridiculous
• singular
• unbelievable
• unreal
• weird