'Fantastic' definitions:

Definition of 'fantastic'

From: WordNet
adjective
Ludicrously odd; "Hamlet's assumed antic disposition"; "fantastic Halloween costumes"; "a grotesque reflection in the mirror" [syn: antic, fantastic, fantastical, grotesque]
adjective
Extraordinarily good or great ; 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: fantastic, grand, howling(a), marvelous, marvellous, rattling(a), terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous]
adjective
Fanciful and unrealistic; foolish; "a fantastic idea of his own importance" [syn: fantastic, wild]
adjective
Existing in fancy only; "fantastic figures with bulbous heads the circumference of a bushel"- Nathaniel Hawthorne [syn: fantastic, fantastical]
adjective
Extravagantly fanciful in design, construction, appearance; "Gaudi's fantastic architecture"

Definition of 'Fantastic'

From: 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Having the nature of a phantom; unreal. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Indulging the vagaries of imagination; whimsical; full of absurd fancies; capricious; as, fantastic minds; a fantastic mistress. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Resembling fantasies in irregularity, caprice, or eccentricity; irregular; oddly shaped; grotesque. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Fantastic'

From: GCIDE
  • Fantastic \Fan*tas"tic\, n. A person given to fantastic dress, manners, etc.; an eccentric person; a fop. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • Our fantastics, who, having a fine watch, take all ocasions to draw it out to be seen. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'fantastic'

From: Moby Thesaurus