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1
as in bizarre
conceived or made without regard for reason or reality
a fantastic scheme for getting rich quick
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2
as in marvellous
excitingly or mysteriously unusual
to European explorers, the Far East was a fantastic land filled with unimaginable riches
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as in fictional
not real and existing only in the imagination
a science fiction writer who can conjure up fantastic worlds and make them seem as real as our own
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as in incredible
too extraordinary or improbable to believe
concocted some fantastic story to try to explain why they had returned home so late
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as in wonderful
fantastic
of the very best kind
surfing conditions were simply fantastic
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Recent Examples of fantastic
With a battery that offers up to, this vacuum efficiently adapts its suction power to different surfaces, ensuring a fantastic performance on both carpets and hard floors while offering up to120 minutes of runtime.
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Gabriela Vatu, PCMAG, 6 Mar. 2025
Another bonus of red beans is that a recipe typically makes a lot, which leaves you with fantastic leftovers for lunch the next day.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2025
Blade's damage output scales with his ATK as well as his Max HP, so a set providing him with Max HP and a consistent bonus to CRIT DMG is fantastic for him.
—Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
Sogno Toscano has a quaint atmosphere, fantastic brunch, and the coffee is some of the best in the city.
—Shivani Vora, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
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Gabriela Vatu, PCMAG, 6 Mar. 2025
Another bonus of red beans is that a recipe typically makes a lot, which leaves you with fantastic leftovers for lunch the next day.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2025
Blade's damage output scales with his ATK as well as his Max HP, so a set providing him with Max HP and a consistent bonus to CRIT DMG is fantastic for him.
—Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
Sogno Toscano has a quaint atmosphere, fantastic brunch, and the coffee is some of the best in the city.
—Shivani Vora, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fantastic
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The esoteric will never sit completely comfortably in the mainstream, because that’s the point of it: to be unusual, bizarre, absurd.—
Eliza Goodpasture,
ARTnews.com,
18 Mar. 2025
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The Big Read The Story Of Climate-Friendly Digital Bank Aspiration Just Got Stranger The fintech industry has seen its fair share of spectacular failures and bizarre plot twists in recent years.—
Alan Ohnsman,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
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Set in a fictional recreation of the Secunderabad area that gives the film its title, early glimpses have already generated substantial buzz among Indian cinema fans.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
7 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, Bobby Nash (Peter Krause) still remained without his captain position at Station 118 and is working as a technical advisor on the fictional series Hotshots.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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There are countless women running incredible kitchens.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
8 Mar. 2025
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The group has scored an incredible six No. 1 hits on the Hot 100, which certifies the South Korean stars as among the most commercially successful acts of the past decade.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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It is skillfully constructed and builds to a wonderful climax.—
Georg Szalai,
The Hollywood Reporter,
15 Mar. 2025
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His leadership by example, his accomplishments on the field, his love of family, his service to our community and his dedication to excellence all herald his standing as a remarkable athlete and wonderful human being.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Mar. 2025
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At age 30, Davis has transformed those fanciful visions into concrete reality.—
Childs Walker,
Baltimore Sun,
28 Feb. 2025
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But the idea of them overhauling Liverpool seems fanciful.—
James McNicholas,
The Athletic,
23 Feb. 2025
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The other dining option is Sila, where food is displayed buffet style but served by a marvelous crew, on custom porcelain from the French brand Pillivuyt.—
Paul Brady,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Mar. 2025
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Ottawa, Canada May is great for: blooming marvelous celebrations of decades-long friendship.—
Mark Ellwood,
AFAR Media,
6 Mar. 2025
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Unlike the more familiar real numbers – positive and negative integers, fractions, square roots, cube roots and even numbers such as pi – complex numbers have an imaginary component.—
William Ross,
The Conversation,
10 Mar. 2025
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The system that most captured his imagination was an imaginary device that had launched the field of computer science, the Turing machine.—
Charlie Wood,
Quanta Magazine,
7 Mar. 2025
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Few beauty tools offer as excellent lifting benefits as the best gua sha tools.—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
13 Mar. 2025
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After an excellent debut, Nikki Glaser has unsurprisingly been tapped to host the Golden Globes again.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Fantastic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fantastic. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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