fantasticとは

語源

Borrowed from Middle French fantastique, ultimately from Ancient Greek φᾰντᾰστῐκός (phantastikós).

発音

• IPA^(key): /fænˈtæstɪk/
• 韻: -æstɪk

形容詞

fantastic (comparative more fantastic, superlative most fantastic)

1. Existing in or constructed from fantasy; of or relating to fantasy; fanciful.

   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.

2. Not believable; implausible; seemingly only possible in fantasy.

   The events were so fantastic that only the tabloids were willing to print them.

   She entered the lab and stood gaping for a good ten minutes at the fantastic machinery at work all around her.

3. Resembling fantasies in irregularity, caprice, or eccentricity; irregular; grotesque.
   • T. Gray

     There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, / That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high.

4. Wonderful; marvelous; excellent; extraordinarily good or great (used especially as an intensifier).

   "I had a simply fantastic vacation, and I can't wait to tell you all about it!"

同意語

• (based in fantasy rather than reality): fabulous, fantastical
• (extravagantly fanciful かつ unrealistic): foolish, hare-brained, unrealistic, wild
• (incredibly wonderful): brilliant, fabulous, splendid, super, wonderful
• See also Thesaurus:excellent

反意語

• (incredibly wonderful): sucktastic

派生語

• fantastical
• fantastically

関連する語

• fantasy
• fantasise, fantasize

アナグラム

• anti-facts