fantastic
62
2.7
- adjective
- /fænˈtæstɪk/
- Laurel Winter is evolving into one of our best writers of short fantastic fiction.
- fantastic stories
- fantastic tales
- a fantastic world
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Watch on YouTubeBut grandparent or not, I think we would all agree that children have both fantastic and fantastical imaginations.
- But grandparent or not, I think we would all agree that children have both fantastic and fantastical imaginations.
- Well, it's fantastic because ultimately, as scary and fantastical as it is.
Examples
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I mean, some of the stories are really fantastic.
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So, you know, it was an improv day and it was fantastic to be able to have that kind of creative freedom.
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Do you actually believe this fantastic story?
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If you ever get an opportunity to take this fantastic trip, jump at the chance.
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By the way, dude, you look fantastic.
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That's a fantastic idea.
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The movie was filled with fantastic creatures and imaginative settings.
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She created a fantastic painting that depicted a surreal landscape.
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His fantastic ideas for the project impressed everyone in the meeting.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Very good and likely to make you feel happy or amazed
∞
1.0
Causing great surprise and admiration
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3.5
Very surprising or hard to believe
746
3.8
Very unusual or much greater than usual
671
3.0
Very large or impressive
650
3.3
Very strong and often causing great damage
591
2.8
Unusual and easy to notice because it is different or surprising
492
4.9
Very surprising and almost impossible to accept as true
289
3.5
Very impressive and exciting to look at
288
3.9
Very impressive and beautiful in appearance or style
215
1.8
Very good and surprising in a way that pleases people
211
3.2
Very impressive and grand in appearance or style
136
5.4
Very impressive and much better than normal
135
3.4
Very surprising and making you feel great wonder
116
3.5
Very impressive and beautiful
97
5.3
Very large and surprising in a way that shocks you
92
4.1
So surprising and impressive that you feel amazed
91
7.0
Strange like a dream and not real
54
5.8
Very impressive and causing strong surprise
20
8.0
Very strange and like something made up in dreams or stories
20
6.7
Very large or impressive in a way that amazes people
19
5.4
So wonderful or strange that words cannot show it
12
6.0
Imaginative but not true or practical
4
9.9
Very beautiful and impressive, like at a big party
3
4.2
So surprising that it seems hard to believe
1
5.5
Very impressive and much better than you expect
1
9.9
Very strange and exciting in a wild way
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
How Imaginative
389
5.9
20
8.0
91
7.0
62
2.7
55
3.7
806
3.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Fantastic comes from the Greek phantasia meaning 'imagination' and the same root is in fantasy and phantom. That's why fantastic can mean 'imaginative' or 'unreal', like a story or idea that seems made up.