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The definition of fantastic is something imaginary, strange or incredible.

(adjective)

An example of fantastic is a three year old telling a story about a pink elephant breaking a window.
An example of fantastic is a dream trip to Europe.

See fantastic in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

existing in the imagination; imaginary; unreal: fantastic terrors
having a strange or weird appearance; grotesque; odd; quaint: fantastic designs
strange and unusual; extravagant; capricious; eccentric: a fantastic plan
seemingly impossible; incredible: fantastic progress in science

Also fantastical

Origin: 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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fantastically adverb
fantasticalness noun

See fantastic in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Quaint or strange in form, conception, or appearance.
a. Unrestrainedly fanciful; extravagant: fantastic hopes.
b. Bizarre, as in form or appearance; strange: fantastic attire; fantastic behavior.
c. Based on or existing only in fantasy; unreal: fantastic ideas about her own superiority.
Wonderful or superb; remarkable: a fantastic trip to Europe.

noun

An eccentric person.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English fantastik, imagined

Origin: , from Old French fantastique

Origin: , from Late Latin phantasticus, imaginary

Origin: , from Greek phantastikos, able to create mental images

Origin: , from phantazesthai, to appear; see fantasy

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