fan‧tas‧tic S3 / fæntæstɪk / 形容词

1 extremely good, attractive, enjoyable etc :

You look fantastic!

It’s a fantastic place, really beautiful!

2 spoken used when someone has just told you something good 同义词 excellent , wonderful :

‘I’ve passed my driving test.’ ‘Fantastic!’

That’s fantastic news!

3 a fantastic amount is extremely large 同义词 huge :

Kids spend fantastic amounts of money on CDs.

4 a fantastic plan, suggestion etc is not likely to be possible :

a fantastic scheme

5 [仅用于名词前] a fantastic story, creature, or place is imaginary and is very strange and magical 同义词 fantastical → fantasy 3 :

fantastic tales of dragons and fairy queens

— fantastically / -kli / 副词

THESAURUS

fantastic/terrific spoken extremely good, in a way that makes you feel excited and happy – used mainly in spoken English : The view from the top was fantastic. | He did a fantastic job. | That’s a terrific idea! | ‘I passed!’ ‘That’s terrific!’

great spoken extremely good – used mainly in spoken English : Thanks for a great afternoon. | ‘Did you have a good holiday?’ ’It was great!'

excellent extremely good – used especially about the quality of something. Excellent is more formal than fantastic/terrific or great , and is used in both spoken and written English : Our local theatre has put on some excellent productions. | It is an excellent film.

wonderful extremely good in a way that impresses you or makes you very pleased : She is really a wonderful person. | That’s wonderful news!

marvellous British English , marvelous American English extremely good in a way that impresses you or makes you very pleased. Marvellous sounds a little old-fashioned, but is still fairly common : We had a marvellous dinner at a little restaurant near the hotel. | Martino’s performance was marvelous.

amazing extremely good in a surprising and exciting way : Standing there on top of Mount Fuji was an amazing experience.

incredible extremely good in a surprising and exciting way. Incredible is often used when something is so good that it almost seems unlikely : What a goal! That was incredible! | It was an incredible moment - one that I will never forget.

brilliant British English informal extremely good : ‘How was your trip?’ ‘Absolutely brilliant!’ | What a brilliant idea!

be out of this world used when saying that something is so good that you cannot imagine anything better : Their desserts are out of this world.