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fantastic
What does fantastic mean?
fantastic (adjective): wonderful; marvelous; excellent; extraordinarily good or great (used especially as an intensifier).
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use fantastic in a sentence?
- The film was fantastic! (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce fantastic?
/fænˈtæstɪk/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does fantastic come from?
Borrowed from Middle French fantastique, borrowed from Late Latin phantasticus, borrowed from Ancient Greek φᾰντᾰστῐκός (phăntăstĭkós, “imaginary, fantastic; fictional”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of fantastic?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “fantastic” mean?
with no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them
Not quite: that's what poor means.
wonderful; marvelous; excellent; extraordinarily good or great (used especially as an intensifier)
Right! That's what “fantastic” means.
very broad; pertaining or appropriate to large classes or groups as opposed to specific instances
Not quite: that's what generic means.
chief, most important, or principal in extent, size, or strength; consisting of the largest part
Not quite: that's what main means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “fantastic”?
marvelous
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available
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different
Not quite: different means something else.
important
Not quite: important means something else.
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