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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