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fan·tas·tic (fan tas′tik)

adjective

  1. existing in the imagination; imaginary; unreal fantastic terrors
  2. having a strange or weird appearance; grotesque; odd; quaint fantastic designs
  3. strange and unusual; extravagant; capricious; eccentric a fantastic plan
  4. seemingly impossible; incredible fantastic progress in science
Also fantastical fan·tas′·ti·cal

Etymology: ME fantastik < OFr fantastique < ML fantasticus < LL phantasticus < Gr phantastikos, able to present or represent to the mind < phantazein, to make visible < phainein, to show: see fantasy

noun

a person who is fantastic in behavior, dress, etc.; eccentric

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fantastic Synonyms

fantastic

modif.

  1. Based on or suggesting fantasy

    whimsical, capricious, extravagant, freakish, strange, odd, queer, quaint, singular, peculiar, outlandish, bizarre, weird, farfetched, erratic, wonderful, comical, foreign, exotic, fabulous, extreme, ludicrous, ridiculous, preposterous, implausible, unreal, grotesque, chimerical, fanciful, eccentric, absurd, vague, illusive, imaginary, hallucinatory, phantasmagoric, high-flown, affected, mannered, artificial, baroque, out of sight*, far-out*.

    Antonyms conventional, ordinary, real.

  2. Seemingly impossible

    incredible, unbelievable, phenomenal; see excellent, unbelievable 1.

fantastic implies a lack of restraint in imagination, suggesting that which is extravagantly fanciful or unreal in design, conception, construction, etc. fantastic notions; bizarre suggests that which is extraordinarily eccentric or strange because of startling incongruities, extreme contrasts, etc. music with a bizarre atonality; grotesque suggests a ludicrously unnatural distortion of the normal or real, or a fantastic combination of elements the grotesque grimaces of the comedian


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fantastic Usage Examples

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • trip: And now we can trip the light fantastic -- To the recycling skips and dump our plastic!

Modifies a noun

  • opportunity: A Fantastic opportunity to work with a TOP 3 Pharma company!

Modifying Another Word

  • absolutely: Joe with his finished cake which tasted absolutely fantastic!

Infinitive complement

  • see: It is fantastic to see how much their confidence has developed by the time they come to perform.

Used with adjective complement

  • look: Moreover she looks fantastic too - at least half of her 51 years!

Preposition: in

  • bed: You go up to her and say, " I'm fantastic in bed " .
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fantastic quotes

Science has 'explained'nothing: the more we know the more fantastic the world becomes and the profounder the surrounding darkness.

-Huxley, Aldous Leonard

   Come, and trip it as ye go On the light fantastic toe.

-Milton,John

Come, knit hands, and beat the ground, In a light fantastic round.

-Milton,John

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