Definition of FANTASTIC

fantastic

Plural: fantastics

Adjective Satellite

  • ludicrously odd
    • "fantastic Halloween costumes"
  • extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as intensifiers
    • "a fantastic trip to the Orient"
    • "the film was fantastic!"
  • fanciful and unrealistic; foolish
    • "a fantastic idea of his own importance"
  • existing in fancy only; - Nathaniel Hawthorne
    • "fantastic figures with bulbous heads the circumference of a bushel"
  • extravagantly fanciful in design, construction, appearance
    • "Gaudi's fantastic architecture"

Adj

  • Wonderful; marvelous; excellent; extraordinarily good or great (used especially as an intensifier).
  • Existing in or constructed from fantasy; of or relating to fantasy; fanciful.
  • Not believable; implausible; seemingly only possible in fantasy.
  • Resembling fantasies in irregularity, caprice, or eccentricity; irregular; grotesque.

Noun

  • A fanciful or whimsical person.

Examples

  • "I had a simply fantastic vacation, and I can't wait to tell you all about it!"
  • He told fantastic stories of dragons and goblins.
  • His fantastic post-college plans had all collapsed within a year of graduation.
  • She had a fantastic view of her own importance that none of her colleagues shared.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French fantastique, borrowed from Late Latin phantasticus, borrowed from Ancient Greek φᾰντᾰστῐκός (phăntăstĭkós, “imaginary, fantastic; fictional”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”). Equivalent to fantasy + -tic. Doublet of fantastique.

Antonyms

realistic, reasonable

Scrabble Score: 14

fantastic: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
fantastic: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
fantastic: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

fantastic: valid Words With Friends Word