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fantastic

[ fan-tas-tik ]

adjective

  1. extraordinarily good; excellent:

    a fantastic restaurant.

  2. Also ڲ·ٲ·پ· [].
    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

/ æˈæɪ /

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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. archaic.
    a person who dresses or behaves eccentrically
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌڲԳٲپˈٲ, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • ڲ·ٲ·پ··ly adverb
  • ڲ·ٲ·پ··ness ڲ·ٲ·پ··i·ty [fan-tas-ti-, kal, -i-tee], noun
  • ··ڲ·ٲ·پ adjective
  • su·per·ڲ·ٲ·پ··ly adverb
  • ܲ·ڲ·ٲ·پ adjective
  • un·ڲ·ٲ·پ··ly adverb
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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 󲹲Գٲپó “able to present the appearence (of something),” derivative of 󲹲Գá𾱲 “to make present to the eye or mind” (akin to ó “light, bright,” íԱ𾱲 “to bring to light, cause to appear”) + -tikos -tic
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fantastic1

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

See bizarre.
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Example Sentences

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Both men received a fantastic standing ovation when introduced to the crowd, with the spectators then treated to some high-quality snooker.

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"It was a fantastic buzz, I maybe ran out of belief," recalled Davis.

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His assist for the goal was fantastic but he just continually gets up and down the field.

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Ms Hatton said her friend, who has cerebral palsy, was a "fantastic human being" who enjoyed going into schools to "inspire the next generation".

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But while it was good for some of the managers, it was absolutely fantastic for non-manager investors because they were being put back in charge.

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