What is the meaning of fantastic?

adjective

  • Ludicrously odd.
    • usage: "Hamlet's assumed antic disposition"; "fantastic Halloween costumes"; "a grotesque reflection in the mirror"
  • Extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers.
    • usage: "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"
  • Fanciful and unrealistic; foolish.
    • usage: "a fantastic idea of his own importance"
  • Existing in fancy only."fantastic figures with bulbous heads the circumference of a bushel- Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Extravagantly fanciful in design, construction, appearance.
    • usage: "Gaudi's fantastic architecture"
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