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Meaning of 'fantastic' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Fantastic [ a.]
- Existing only in imagination; fanciful; imaginary; not real; chimerical.
- Having the nature of a phantom; unreal.
- Indulging the vagaries of imagination; whimsical; full of absurd fancies; capricious; as, fantastic minds; a fantastic mistress.
- Resembling fantasies in irregularity, caprice, or eccentricity; irregular; oddly shaped; grotesque.
2 . Fantastic [ n.]
- A person given to fantastic dress, manners, etc.; an eccentric person; a fop.

Meaning of 'fantastic' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . fantastic [ s]
Meaning (1):
- fanciful and unrealistic; foolish
Example in sentence:
  • a fantastic idea of his own importance
Meaning (2):
- extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
Example in sentence:
  • a fantastic trip to the Orient;
  • a howling success;
  • a marvelous collection of rare books;
  • a tremendous achievement;
  • had a rattling conversation about politics;
  • the film was fantastic!
Meaning (3):
- ludicrously odd
Example in sentence:
  • a grotesque reflection in the mirror;
  • fantastic Halloween costumes;
  • Hamlet's assumed antic disposition
Meaning (4):
- existing in fancy only
Example in sentence:
  • fantastic figures with bulbous heads the circumference of a bushel
Meaning (5):
- extravagantly fanciful in design, construction, appearance
Example in sentence:
  • Gaudi's fantastic architecture

Nearby Words:

fan fan palm fan-nerved fan-tailed fanal fanatic fanatical fanaticism fanaticize fanaticized

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