dictionary definitions for "fantastic"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  fantastic
      adj 1: ludicrously odd; "Hamlet's assumed antic disposition";
             "fantastic Halloween costumes"; "a grotesque
             reflection in the mirror" [syn: antic,
             fantastical, grotesque]
      2: extraordinarily good; used especially as intensifiers; "a
         fantastic trip to the Orient"; "the film was fantastic!";
         "a howling success"; "a marvelous collection of rare
         books"; "had a rattling conversation about politics"; "a
         tremendous achievement" [syn: {howling(a)}, marvelous,
         marvellous, {rattling(a)}, terrific, tremendous,
         wonderful, wondrous]
      3: extravagantly fanciful and unrealistic; foolish; "a
         fantastic idea of his own importance"
      4: existing in fancy only; "fantastic figures with bulbous
         heads the circumference of a bushel"- Nathaniel Hawthorne
         [syn: fantastical]
      5: exceedingly or unbelievably great; "the bomb did fantastic
         damage"; "Samson is supposed to have had fantastic
         strength"; "phenomenal feats of memory" [syn:
         phenomenal]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fantastic \Fan*tas"tic\, a. [F. fantastique, fr. Gr. ???????????
     able to represent, fr. ????????? to make visible. See
     Fancy.]
     1. Existing only in imagination; fanciful; imaginary; not
        real; chimerical.
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     2. Having the nature of a phantom; unreal. --Shak.
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     3. Indulging the vagaries of imagination; whimsical; full of
        absurd fancies; capricious; as, fantastic minds; a
        fantastic mistress.
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     4. Resembling fantasies in irregularity, caprice, or
        eccentricity; irregular; oddly shaped; grotesque.
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              There at the foot of yonder nodding beech,
              That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high. --T.
                                                    Gray.
  
     Syn: Fanciful; imaginative; ideal; visionary; capricious;
          chimerical; whimsical; queer. See Fanciful.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fantastic \Fan*tas"tic\, n.
     A person given to fantastic dress, manners, etc.; an
     eccentric person; a fop. --Milton.
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           Our fantastics, who, having a fine watch, take all
           ocasions to draw it out to be seen.      --Fuller.
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