fantastic

Pluralfantastics

1. 1
   wonderfuladjective

   Extremely good, much better than people expect.

   Like getting the best gift you ever hoped for.

   We had a fantastic time at the beach yesterday.

   The food at that little restaurant was absolutely fantastic.

   UsageIt is already strong. To add more, say absolutely fantastic or simply fantastic.

   Similarwonderful, brilliant, awesome, fabulous, splendid

   Oppositeterrible, awful, dreadful, mediocre

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2. 2
   imaginativeadjective

   Very strange and full of imagination, like something from a dream and not from real life.

   Like the made-up creatures you might see in a dream.

   The novel is set in a fantastic world of floating cities.

   Children love fantastic tales about dragons and talking animals.

   UsagePeople may hear this as praise. Fantastical keeps the strange, dreamlike meaning without sounding like praise.

   Similarfantastical

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3. 3
   far-fetchedadjective

   So strange or unlikely that it is very hard to believe.

   Like a story so wild that you are sure someone made it up.

   His excuse was so fantastic that nobody believed a word of it.

   His excuse was so fantastic that no one believed a word of it.

   UsageOften with story, claims or excuse, where it usually means hard to believe.

   Similarunrealistic, implausible, wild

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   hugeadjectivecolloquial

   Of a size or amount: very large, much more than you would expect.

   He spends a fantastic amount of money on sneakers.

   Race cars go around the track at fantastic speeds.

   UsageUsed with amounts and speeds: a fantastic amount of money, fantastic speeds.

   Similarenormous, huge, staggering, astronomical

   Oppositemodest

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