* fantastick (obsolete) * phantastic * phantastick (obsolete) * phantastique (archaic)

From Middle French _fantastique_

* IPA(key): /fænˈtæstɪk/ * Rhymes: -æstɪk

FANTASTIC (_comparative_ MORE FANTASTIC, _superlative_ MOST FANTASTIC) * Existing in or constructed from fantasy; of or relating to fantasy; fanciful. _He told FANTASTIC stories of dragons and goblins._ _His FANTASTIC post-college plans had all collapsed within a year of graduation._ _She had a FANTASTIC view of her own importance that none of her colleagues shared._ * Not believable; implausible; seemingly only possible in fantasy. _The events were so FANTASTIC that only the tabloids were willing to print them._ _She entered the lab and stood gaping for a good ten minutes at the FANTASTIC machinery at work all around her._ * Resembling fantasies in irregularity, caprice, or eccentricity; irregular; grotesque. * T. Gray There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, / That wreathes its old FANTASTIC roots so high. * Wonderful; marvelous; excellent; extraordinarily good or great (_used especially as an intensifier_). _"I had a simply FANTASTIC vacation, and I can't wait to tell you all about it!"_ SYNONYMS * (based in fantasy rather than reality): fabulous, fantastical * (extravagantly fanciful and unrealistic): foolish, hare-brained, unrealistic, wild * (incredibly wonderful): brilliant, fabulous, splendid, super, wonderful * See also Wikisaurus:excellent ANTONYMS * (incredibly wonderful): sucktastic TRANSLATIONS DERIVED TERMS * fantastical * fantastically RELATED TERMS * fantasy * fantasise, fantasize