fantastical
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8.0
- adjective
- /fænˈtæstɪkəl/
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imaginario
- The book described a fantastical realm filled with talking animals and enchanted forests.
I don't have fantastical hopes that they've changed.
- I don't have fantastical hopes that they've changed.
- It's just like this kind of fantastical adventure story.
- I know that sounds, you know, fantastical, but I wish it weren't.
- And it's every bit as fantastical as I thought it was when I was a child.
- They're saying things that are, to my mind, fantastical and untrue, but they are saying those things.
- And of course, I have like dreams that don't quote make sense, meaning I have fantastical dreams.
- Well, it's fantastic because ultimately, as scary and fantastical as it is.
- You might want to make sure that your fiction and narrative is something that's not too fantastical.
- Like it had the kind of fantastical, almost almost magical realism thing going on that you unpack.
- No, I, I write fantastical worlds and, and, and, and and supernatural stories and all of that.
- And glute bridge, donkey kickback, side raises, all manner of fantastical exercises that that girls do.
- It is a lot of really fantastical magical vibes within this transporting hotel.
- We'll just go from really fantastical starts showing shares in the afterlife.
Examples
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Maddie, I want to congratulate you on the fantastical work of art you have created of Bag End!
Blog text (10) -
The chance encounter affects her so much that she finds herself in a fantastical dialogue with death.
Academic text (1999) -
And it's every bit as fantastical as I thought it was when I was a child.
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You know, sort of a fantastical story.
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Why are we offering such a fantastical prize?
Fiction book (1999) -
It's just like this kind of fantastical adventure story.
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While the scenario seems fantastical, some experts believe that this future vision-- an army made up entirely of robots-- is closer than we think.
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Bruce's story sounds fantastical, but how does it stack up to science?
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Isn't that just the most fantastical news you've ever received in your life?
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Star Wars is epic in terms of being a Galaxy sprawling adventure with fantastical aliens.
Synonyms
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3.4
Made up in stories or in your mind, not real
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7.0
Strange like a dream and not real
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2.7
Very strange and like a dream or story, not real
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6.0
Found only in old stories and not real, like dragons or unicorns
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7.8
Seeming to come from another world and very strange
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7.4
Strange or unusual in a way that surprises people
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5.1
Not real and made up
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4.2
Not real, like something from a dream
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6.0
Imaginative but not true or practical
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6.2
From old myths and stories about creatures and events that are not real
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9.9
Looking like a ghost and seeming unreal
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8.5
Not real and made up for a story or to hide the truth
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9.9
Something that looks strange and like a vivid dream
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9.9
Looks like a strange dream with changing images
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5.5
Ideas or images that exist only in the mind and are not real
Having a quality like a dream or a ghost that seems unreal
Being unreal and like a dream
Antonyms
How Imaginative
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Fantastical is related to fantasy and fantastic, and it goes back to an old Greek idea that meant 'imagination'. So fantastical describes things that are 'imaginary' or wildly strange, like dream worlds or make-believe stories.