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Definition of Fantastic
1. Adjective. Ludicrously odd. "A grotesque reflection in the mirror"
Similar to: Strange, Unusual
Derivative terms: Antic, Grotesqueness
2. Adjective. Extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as intensifiers. "A tremendous achievement"
Similar to: Extraordinary
Derivative terms: Grandness, Wonderfulness, Wonder
3. Adjective. Fanciful and unrealistic; foolish. "A fantastic idea of his own importance"
4. Adjective. Existing in fancy only. "Fantastic figures with bulbous heads the circumference of a bushel"
5. Adjective. Extravagantly fanciful in design, construction, appearance. "Gaudi's fantastic architecture"
Definition of Fantastic
1. a. Existing only in imagination; fanciful; imaginary; not real; chimerical.
2. n. A person given to fantastic dress, manners, etc.; an eccentric person; a fop.
Definition of Fantastic
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Medical Definition of Fantastic
1. 1. Existing only in imagination; fanciful; imaginary; not real; chimerical. 2. Having the nature of a phantom; unreal. 3. Indulging the vagaries of imagination; whimsical; full of absurd fancies; capricious; as, fantastic minds; a fantastic mistress. 4. 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) Synonym: Fanciful, imaginative, ideal, visionary, capricious, chimerical, whimsical, queer. See Fanciful. Origin: F. Fantastique, fr. Gr. Able to represent, fr. To make visible. See Fancy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)