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fantastic
fan·tas·tic [ fan tástik ] or fan·tas·ti·cal [ fan tástik'l ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. excellent: extraordinarily good
2. incredible: apparently impossible but real or true
the fantastic story of his journey home
3. imaginary: existing only in the imagination
4. enormous: much larger than is usual, expected, or desirable
5. bizarre: extremely strange in appearance
a rich fabric in a fantastic pattern of greens and blues
6. unlikely: unusual and unlikely to be successful
a fantastic scheme to get rich quickly


interjection 
Definition:
 
expressing pleasure: used to express surprise, pleasure, or approval ( informal )
You won the game? Fantastic!
[14th century. Via French< Greek phantastikos< phantazein (see fantasy)]

fan·tas·ti·cal·i·ty [ fan tàsti kállətee ] noun
fan·tas·ti·cal·ness [ fan tástik'lnəss ] noun
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