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fantastic
[ fan-tas-tik ]
adjective
- extraordinarily good; excellent:
a fantastic restaurant.
- Also fan·tas·ti·cal [].
- fanciful or capricious, as persons or their ideas or actions:
We never know what that fantastic creature will say next.
- imaginary or groundless in not being based on reality; foolish or irrational:
You can’t let these fantastic fears of yours control your life.
- extravagantly fanciful; marvelous:
The scenery and lighting they created for the dream sequences are truly fantastic!
- incredibly great or extreme; exorbitant:
The rich are spending fantastic sums of money, even in this economy.
- highly unrealistic or impractical:
They hatched a fantastic scheme to make a million dollars betting on horse races.
fantastic
/ fænˈtæstɪk /
adjective
- strange, weird, or fanciful in appearance, conception, etc
- created in the mind; illusory
- extravagantly fanciful; unrealistic
fantastic plans
- incredible or preposterous; absurd
a fantastic verdict
- informal.very large or extreme; great
a fantastic fortune
he suffered fantastic pain
- informal.very good; excellent
- of, given to, or characterized by fantasy
- not constant; capricious; fitful
given to fantastic moods
noun
- 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
Word History and Origins
Origin of fantastic1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
It won’t matter how fantastic the weight feels if the top layer is itchy and uncomfortable.
The Aerospace goggles aren’t just fantastic for backcountry skiing—they would still be worth every penny if I never left the resort.
This jury-rigged approach is fantastic for getting intense browning on ingredients that might overcook if they’re farther from the heat, therefore taking longer to develop desired color and caramelization.
Your effort is rewarded with fantastic lookouts of Jordan Pond, Somes Sound, and the Atlantic, not to mention a long and wicked-fun descent.
If yours is a middle-class family, maybe you’re a lights-out student, or an incredible artist, or a fantastic musician, and you are going to be reaching for the credential that can open doors to worlds that your family could never otherwise imagine.
"Clive has had a fantastic and distinguished career so we listen to what he has to say," he said.
I had, for a long time, been curious about the place where all this fantastic stuff was made.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute has staged some truly fantastic shows over the past few years.
It is completely nonsensical, and every second is fantastic.
The story was a very subversive fairy tale by Roald Dahl, and a fantastic part.
And is this a mere fantastic talk, or is this a thing that could be done and that ought to be done?
The music grew strange and fantastic—turbulent, insistent, plaintive and soft with entreaty.
The champagne was cold, and its subtle fumes played fantastic tricks with Edna's memory that night.
Mariamne had grown more fantastic, and capricious, and wayward than ever.
She vacantly hummed a fantastic tune as she poked at the wood embers on the hearth and munched a cracker.
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