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[ fan-tas-tik ]
/ fænˈtæs tɪk /
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adjective

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Words related to fantastic

uncommonly, peculiarly, unusually, remarkably, rarely, uniquely, surprisingly, startlingly, strikingly, curiously, abnormally, amazingly, queerly, exceptionally, unnaturally, astonishingly, exotically, indescribably

Words nearby fantastic

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Also fan·tas·ti·cal.

Origin of fantastic

1350–1400; Middle English fantastik pertaining to the imaginative faculty < Medieval Latin fantasticus, variant of Late Latin phantasticus < Greek phantastikós able to present or show (to the mind), equivalent to *phantad-, base of phantázein to make visible (akin to phānós light, bright, phaínein to make appear) + -tikos -tic

SYNONYMS FOR fantastic

1 Fantastic, bizarre, grotesque, weird share a sense of deviation from what is normal or expected. Fantastic suggests a wild lack of restraint, a fancifulness so extreme as to lose touch with reality: a fantastic scheme for a series of space cities. In informal use, fantastic often means simply “exceptionally good”: a fantastic meal. Bizarre means markedly unusual or extraordinarily strange, sometimes whimsically so: bizarre costumes for Mardi Gras; bizarre behavior. Grotesque implies shocking distortion or incongruity, sometimes ludicrous, more often pitiful or tragic: a grotesque mixture of human and animal features; grotesque contrast between the forced smile and sad eyes: a gnarled tree suggesting the figure of a grotesque human being. Weird refers to that which is mysterious and apparently outside natural law, hence supernatural or uncanny: the weird adventures of a group lost in the jungle; a weird and ghostly apparition. Informally, weird means “very strange”: weird and wacky costumes; weird sense of humor.
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British Dictionary definitions for fantastically (1 of 2)

fantastically
/ (fænˈtæstɪkəlɪ) /

adverb

in a fantastic manner
informal (intensifier)it's fantastically cheap

British Dictionary definitions for fantastically (2 of 2)

fantastic
/ (fænˈtæstɪk) /

adjective Also: fantastical

noun

archaic a person who dresses or behaves eccentrically

Derived forms of fantastic

fantasticality or fantasticalness, noun

Word Origin for fantastic

C14 fantastik imaginary, via Late Latin from Greek phantastikos capable of imagining, from phantazein to make visible
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