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Another word for fantastic

Adjective

  1. Appealing to fancy

    2. See also:

    plain

  2. Existing only in the imagination

    3. See also:

    real

  3. Following no predictable pattern

    4. See also:

    continue

    change

  4. So remarkable as to elicit disbelief

    5. See also:

    good

  5. Conceived or done with no reference to reality or common sense

    6. See also:

    usual

    true

  6. Consisting or suggestive of fiction

    7. See also:

    real

  7. Particularly excellent

    8. Idioms:
    See also:

    good

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Synonym Study

  • Grotesque suggests a ludicrously unnatural distortion of the normal or real, or a fantastic combination of elements the grotesque grimaces of the comedian
  • Bizarre suggests that which is extraordinarily eccentric or strange because of startling incongruities, extreme contrasts, etc. music with a bizarre atonality
  • Fantastic implies a lack of restraint in imagination, suggesting that which is extravagantly fanciful or unreal in design, conception, construction, etc. fantastic notions
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Sentence Examples

  • "It was fantastic!" he pronounced.

  • The buildings were usually battlemented in fantastic form.

  • The Franciscans began to urge fantastic' objections, and, when Savonarola insisted that his champion should bear the host, they cried out against the sacrilege of exposing the Redeemer's body to the flames.

  • The women's heads are shaved entirely and the men's into fantastic patterns.

  • The architecture was fantastic, but not near as exciting as the ride on a ferry.

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