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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ 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.
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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.
          [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ 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.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.
  
     2. Having the nature of a phantom; unreal. --Shak.
  
     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.
  
     Syn: Fanciful; imaginative; ideal; visionary; capricious;
          chimerical; whimsical; queer. See Fanciful.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Fantastic \Fan*tas"tic\, n.
     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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ 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 English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  fantastic
     Romanian a.
     (l en fantastic)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  fantastic
     a.
     1 Existing in or constructed from fantasy; of or relating to fantasy;
  fanciful.
     2 Not believable; implausible; seemingly only possible in fantasy.
     n.
     (lb en archaic) A fanciful or whimsical person.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  fantastic
     Romanian a.
     (l en fantastic)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  fantastic
     a.
     1 Existing in or constructed from fantasy; of or relating to fantasy;
  fanciful.
     2 Not believable; implausible; seemingly only possible in fantasy.
     n.
     (lb en archaic) A fanciful or whimsical person.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  fantastic
     Englanti a.
     1 upea, ihana, fantastinen
     2 mielikuvituksellinen

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  fantastic
     Engelska a.
     fantastisk, underbar

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Fantastic /fantˈastɪk/
  رائع

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  fantastic //fænˈtæstɪk// 
  1. фантастичен, недействителен
  existing in or constructed from fantasy
  2. причудлив, странен
  not believable, only possible in fantasy
  3. чуден
  wonderful, marvelous, excellent, extraordinarily good