fantastic

See also fantàstic

English

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

fantasy +‎ -ic

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fænˈtæstɪk/, X-SAMPA: /f{n"t{stIk/
• Rhymes: -æstɪk

Adjective

fantastic (comparative more fantastic, superlative most fantastic)

1. 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.

2. Not believable; implausible; seemingly only possible in fantasy.

   The events were so fantastic that only the tabloids were willing to print it.

   She entered the lab and stood gaping for a good ten minutes at the fantastic machinery at work all around her.

3. 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

based in fantasy rather than reality

• Asturian: fantásticu (ast)
• Bulgarian: фантастичен (bg) (fantastičen), недействителен (bg) (nedejstvitelen)
• Catalan: fantàstic (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 匪夷所思 (cmn) (fěiyísuǒsī)

• Czech: fantastický (cs) m
• Esperanto: fantazia (eo)
• Finnish: fantastinen (fi), mielikuvituksellinen (fi)
• French: fantastique (fr)
• Galician: fantástico (gl)

• German: fantastisch (de)
• Greek: φανταστικός (el) (fantastikós) 
• Hungarian: fantasztikus (hu)
• Polish: fantastyczny (pl) m
• Portuguese: fantástico (pt)
• Romanian: fantastic (ro)
• Russian: фантастический (ru) (fantastíčeskij) 
• Serbo-Croatian: fantastično (sh) (фантастично) n, fantastičan (sh) (фантастичан) m, fantastična (sh) (фантастична) f

incredibly wonderful

• Asturian: fantásticu (ast)
• Bulgarian: чуден (bg) (čuden)
• Catalan: fantàstic (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 奇妙 (cmn) (qímiào)

• Czech: fantastický (cs)
• Danish: fantastisk (da)
• Dutch: fantastisch (nl), grandioos (nl)
• Finnish: fantastinen (fi), mahtava (fi), uskomaton (fi)
• French: fantastique (fr) m and f
• Galician: fantástico (gl)
• German: fantastisch (de)
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌿𐌻𐌸𐌰𐌲𐍃 (wulþags)
• Hindi: अद्भुत (hi) (adbhut)
• Hungarian: fantasztikus (hu)
• Ido: fantastika (io)

• Italian: fantastico (it) m, fantastica (it) f
• Japanese: 素晴らしい (ja) (すばらしい, subarashii), 素敵 (ja) (すてき, suteki), ファンタスティック (ja) (fantasutikku)
• Lithuanian: fantastinis (lt)
• Manx: ard-yindyssagh (gv)
• Norwegian: fantastisk (no)
• Polish: fantastyczny (pl) m, niesamowity (pl) m
• Portuguese: fantástico (pt)
• Romanian: fantastic (ro)
• Russian: чудесный (ru) (čudésnyj) , превосходный (ru) (prevosxódnyj) , великолепный (ru) (velikolépnyj) 
• Spanish: fantástico (es)
• Swedish: fantastisk (sv)
• Urdu: ادبھت (ur) (adbhut)
• Yiddish: פֿאַנטאַסטיש (yi) (fantastish)

extravagantly fanciful and unrealistic

• Bulgarian: странен (bg) (stranen), причудлив (bg) (pričudliv)
• Catalan: fantàstic (ca)
• Czech: fantastický (cs) m
• Finnish: fantastinen (fi), upea (fi)

• French: fantastique (fr)
• Hungarian: fantasztikus (hu)
• Polish: fantastyczny (pl) m, niesamowity (pl) m
• Russian: причудливый (ru) (pričúdlivyj) 

Derived terms

• fantastical
• fantastically

Related terms

• fantasy
• fantasise, fantasize