fantastic

/fænˈtæs.tɪk/adjective

fantastic is spelled F-A-N-T-A-S-T-I-C: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 51 times per million words in written English, the 1,993rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, fantastic means “Wonderful; marvelous; excellent; extraordinarily good or great (used especially as an intensifier)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in fantastic?

Letters	9: F-A-N-T-A-S-T-I-C
Syllables	3 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing	51 times per million words; the 1,993rd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searched	none measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is fantastic?

Fantastic appears 51 times per million words in written English, the 1,993rd most frequent word form in the list.

fantastic0.0010.010.11101001,00010,000

rarerper million words of written Englishmore common

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce fantastic?

/fænˈtæs.tɪk/
British [fanˈtʰas.tɪk(ʰ)]
[fɛə̯nˈtʰæs.tɪk(ʰ)]

Fantastic has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-fantastic.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-fantastic.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of fantastic

more fantastic comparative
most fantastic superlative

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does fantastic mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

1
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!"
2
Existing in or constructed from fantasy; of or relating to fantasy; fanciful.
He told fantastic stories of dragons and goblins.
3
archaicGiven to fanciful ideas, impulsive; irrational.
4
archaicNot believable; implausible; seemingly only possible in fantasy.
5
archaicResembling fantasies in irregularity, caprice, or eccentricity; irregular; grotesque.

noun

1
archaicA fanciful or whimsical person.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Fantastic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

Language	Words
French	fantastique (wonderful, marvelous, excellent…)
German	fantastisch (wonderful, marvelous, excellent…), phantasievoll (resembling fantasies in irregularity, grotesque)
Portuguese	fantástico (wonderful, marvelous, excellent…)
Spanish	fantástico (wonderful, marvelous, excellent…)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.