fantastical

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /fænˈtæstɪkəl/ UK /fænˈtæstɪkəl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
imaginative or fanciful; resembling something from fantasy

The novel was filled with fantastical creatures and floating cities.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · imaginative or fanciful;... fanciful imaginative whimsical fabulous unreal chimerical extravagant

Opposites

realistic ordinary mundane plausible

Word family

Derived forms fantasticallyfantasticality

Related forms fantastic fantasy fantasist

Etymology

From 'fantastic' + the adjectival suffix '-al'. 'Fantastic' is from Late Latin 'phantasticus', from Ancient Greek 'phantastikós' ('able to imagine'), from 'phantázein' ('to make visible'), from 'phaínein' ('to show').

phantastikós Ancient Greek phaínein Ancient Greek

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# fantastical

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /fænˈtæstɪkəl/
**IPA (UK):** /fænˈtæstɪkəl/

## Meanings
1. imaginative or fanciful; resembling something from fantasy

## Examples
- The novel was filled with fantastical creatures and floating cities.

## Synonyms
- fanciful
- imaginative
- whimsical
- fabulous
- unreal
- chimerical
- extravagant

## Antonyms
- realistic
- ordinary
- mundane
- plausible

## Derived Forms
- fantastically
- fantasticality

## Related Forms
- fantastic
- fantasy
- fantasist

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: phantastikós
- Root: phaínein

## Etymology
From 'fantastic' + the adjectival suffix '-al'. 'Fantastic' is from Late Latin 'phantasticus', from Ancient Greek 'phantastikós' ('able to imagine'), from 'phantázein' ('to make visible'), from 'phaínein' ('to show').

## AI Etymology
Fantastical is from 'fantastic' + the adjectival suffix '-al'. 'Fantastic' is from Late Latin 'phantasticus', from Ancient Greek 'phantastikós' ('able to imagine'), from 'phantázein' ('to make visible'), from 'phaínein' ('to show'). Important recorded forms include phantastikós (Ancient Greek) and phaínein (Ancient Greek). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers imaginative or fanciful; resembling something from fantasy. The wider family includes derived forms such as fantastically and fantasticality and related words such as fantastic, fantasy, and fantasist.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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