fantastic

A2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /fænˈtæs.tɪk/ UK /[fanˈtʰas.tɪk(ʰ)]/ See IPA manual

adj Freq #1515

Meanings

1

adj
Extremely good; wonderful.

I had a fantastic vacation and can't wait to tell you about it.
2

adj
Belonging to fantasy; strange and hard to believe.

He told fantastic stories of dragons and goblins.

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Synonyms

1 adj · extremely good; wonderful. wonderful amazing awesome

2 adj · belonging to fantasy;... fantastical unrealistic wild

More absurd bizarre crazy fanciful foolish insane nonsensical preposterous unreal

Opposites

realistic reasonable

Word family

Derived forms fabtasticfanfreakingtasticfantabulousfantasciencefantasterrificfantastical fantasticallyfantasticismfantasticityfantasticizefantasticlyfantasticness

Related forms bizarrocurious dreamlike eccentric extravagantfantasisefantasizefantasyfar-outfunny grotesque implausible

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French fantastique, borrowed from Late Latin phantasticus, borrowed from Ancient Greek φᾰντᾰστῐκός (phăntăstĭkós, “imaginary, fantastic; fictional”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”). Equivalent to fantasy + -tic. Doublet of fantastique.

*bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European fantastique Middle French phantasticus la-lat φᾰντᾰστῐκός Ancient Greek

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# fantastic

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** fænˈtæs.tɪk
**IPA (UK):** [fanˈtʰas.tɪk(ʰ)]
**Frequency rank:** 1515

## Meanings
1. Extremely good; wonderful.
2. Belonging to fantasy; strange and hard to believe.

## Examples
- I had a fantastic vacation and can't wait to tell you about it.
- He told fantastic stories of dragons and goblins.

## Synonyms
- absurd
- bizarre
- crazy
- fanciful
- foolish
- insane
- nonsensical
- preposterous
- unreal
- wild

## Antonyms
- realistic
- reasonable

## Derived Forms
- fabtastic
- fanfreakingtastic
- fantabulous
- fantascience
- fantasterrific
- fantastical
- fantastically
- fantasticism
- fantasticity
- fantasticize
- fantasticly
- fantasticness

## Related Forms
- bizarro
- curious
- dreamlike
- eccentric
- extravagant
- fantasise
- fantasize
- fantasy
- far-out
- funny
- grotesque
- implausible

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *bʰeh₂-
- Root: fantastique
- Root: phantasticus
- Root: φᾰντᾰστῐκός

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French fantastique, borrowed from Late Latin phantasticus, borrowed from Ancient Greek φᾰντᾰστῐκός (phăntăstĭkós, “imaginary, fantastic; fictional”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”). Equivalent to fantasy + -tic. Doublet of fantastique.

## AI Etymology
Fantastic was borrowed from Middle French fantastique, borrowed from Late Latin phantasticus, borrowed from Ancient Greek φᾰντᾰστῐκός (phăntăstĭkós, “imaginary, fantastic; fictional”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”). Equivalent to fantasy + -tic. Doublet of fantastique. In current use, the main senses are “Extremely good; wonderful” and “Belonging to fantasy; strange and hard to believe”.

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