fantastic
[fanˈtʰas.tɪk(ʰ)]
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.71 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Wonderful; marvelous; excellent; extraordinarily good or great (used especially as an intensifier).
Example Sentences
- ""I had a simply fantastic vacation, and I can't wait to tell you all about it!""
- "He told fantastic stories of dragons and goblins."
- "His fantastic post-college plans had all collapsed within a year of graduation."
- "She had a fantastic view of her own importance that none of her colleagues shared."
- "At the base of the whole process by which divinities and demons were created, and rites for their propitiation and placation established, lay Fear - fear stimulating the imagination to fantastic activity."
- "She was a frightened fool, and she was fantastic, and I suppose that, at that time, she really cared for that imbecile."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂nyéti Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō) Ancient Greek φαντάζω (phantázō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τικός (-tikós) Ancient Greek φανταστικός (phantastikós)bor. Late Latin phantasticusbor. Middle French fantastiquebor. English fantastic 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”). Equivalent to fantasy + -tic. Doublet of fantastique.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: fantastique, phantasticus, φᾰντᾰστῐκός, *bʰeh₂-
- Suffix: fantasy
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: [fanˈtʰas.tɪk(ʰ)]
Usage
Inflected Forms
more fantastic (comparative)
most fantastic (superlative)
fantastick (alternative, archaic)
phantastic (alternative, archaic)
phantastick (alternative, archaic)
phantastique (alternative, archaic)
fantastics (plural)