fantastic
63
2.7
- adjective
- /fænˈtæstɪk/
:
fantástico
- Laurel Winter is evolving into one of our best writers of short fantastic fiction.
- fantastic stories
- fantastic tales
- a fantastic world
But 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.
Academic text (1994) -
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
∞
3.5
Very surprising or hard to believe
859
3.8
Very unusual or much greater than usual
815
3.3
Very strong and often causing great damage
794
3.0
Very large or impressive
588
2.8
Unusual and easy to notice because it is different or surprising
432
4.9
Very surprising and almost impossible to accept as true
299
3.9
Very impressive and beautiful in appearance or style
265
3.5
Very impressive and exciting to look at
251
1.8
Very good and surprising in a way that pleases people
113
5.4
Very impressive and much better than normal
110
3.5
Very impressive and beautiful
92
4.1
So surprising and impressive that you feel amazed
81
7.0
Strange like a dream and not real
60
5.8
Very impressive and causing strong surprise
30
3.2
Very impressive and grand in appearance or style
24
5.3
Very large and surprising in a way that shocks you
21
8.0
Very strange and like something made up in dreams or stories
21
5.4
So wonderful or strange that words cannot show it
19
6.7
Very large or impressive in a way that amazes people
12
6.0
Imaginative but not true or practical
5
4.2
So surprising that it seems hard to believe
5
9.9
Very beautiful and impressive, like at a big party
5
3.4
Very surprising and making you feel great wonder
1
5.5
Very impressive and much better than you expect
Very strange and exciting in a wild way
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
How Imaginative
406
5.9
21
8.0
81
7.0
63
2.7
60
3.7
772
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.