fabulous

B2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈfæbjʊləs/ See IPA manual

adj Freq #3773

Meanings

1

adj
Extremely good; wonderful.

We had a fabulous vacation on the coast.
2

adj
So great as to be hard to believe; amazing.

The runner showed fabulous endurance over the long race.

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Synonyms

1 adj · extremely good; wonderful. fab

More excellent

Word family

Derived forms fabfabuliciousfabulizefabulously fabulousnessfantabulousfobulousnonfabuloussemifabulousspectabuloussuperfabulousuber-fabulous

Related forms fable

Etymology

From Late Middle English fabulous, fabulose, from Latin fābulōsus (“celebrated in fable”); Equivalent to fable + -ous.

*bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European fabulous Middle English fābulōsus Latin

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# fabulous

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** ˈfæbjʊləs
**Frequency rank:** 3773

## Meanings
1. Extremely good; wonderful.
2. So great as to be hard to believe; amazing.

## Examples
- We had a fabulous vacation on the coast.
- The runner showed fabulous endurance over the long race.

## Synonyms
- excellent

## Derived Forms
- fab
- fabulicious
- fabulize
- fabulously
- fabulousness
- fantabulous
- fobulous
- nonfabulous
- semifabulous
- spectabulous
- superfabulous
- uber-fabulous

## Related Forms
- fable

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *bʰeh₂-
- Root: fabulous
- Root: fābulōsus

## Etymology
From Late Middle English fabulous, fabulose, from Latin fābulōsus (“celebrated in fable”); Equivalent to fable + -ous.

## AI Etymology
Fabulous comes from Late Middle English fabulous, fabulose, from Latin fābulōsus (“celebrated in fable”); Equivalent to fable + -ous. In current use, the main senses are “Extremely good; wonderful” and “So great as to be hard to believe; amazing”.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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