fantastic Meaning, Definition & Usage

adjective satellite ludicrously odd
grotesque; antic; fantastical.
- Hamlet's assumed antic disposition
- fantastic Halloween costumes
- a grotesque reflection in the mirror
adjective satellite extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
marvelous; marvellous; grand; terrific; howling; wonderful; wondrous; rattling; tremendous.
- 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
adjective satellite fanciful and unrealistic; foolish
wild.
- a fantastic idea of his own importance
adjective satellite existing in fancy only
fantastical.
- fantastic figures with bulbous heads the circumference of a bushel"- Nathaniel Hawthorne
adjective satellite extravagantly fanciful in design, construction, appearance
- Gaudi's fantastic architecture

F. fantastique, fr. Gr. able to represent, fr. to make visible. See Fancy.

Existing only in imagination; fanciful; imaginary; not real; chimerical.
Having the nature of a phantom; unreal. Shak.
Indulging the vagaries of imagination; whimsical; full of absurd fancies; capricious; as, fantastic minds; a fantastic mistress.
Resembling fantasies in irregularity, caprice, or eccentricity; irregular; oddly shaped; grotesque.
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.

A person given to fantastic dress, manners, etc.; an eccentric person; a fop. Milton.
Our fantastics, who, having a fine watch, take all ocasions to drow it out to be seen. Fuller.