Fantastic meaning

What does “fantastic” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“fantastic” is an adjective with 5 meanings. Its most common meaning is: ludicrously odd.

fantastic

ludicrously odd
“Hamlet's assumed antic disposition”
“fantastic Halloween costumes”
Synonymsantic fantastical grotesque
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
“a fantastic trip to the Orient”
“the film was fantastic!”
Synonymsgrand howling marvelous marvellous rattling terrific tremendous wonderful
fanciful and unrealistic; foolish
“a fantastic idea of his own importance”
Synonymswild
existing in fancy only
“fantastic figures with bulbous heads the circumference of a bushel”
Synonymsfantastical
extravagantly fanciful in design, construction, appearance
“Gaudi's fantastic architecture”

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University