# fantastic

> English word · Adjective · IPA /fænˈtæs.tɪk/ · frequency rank #1,995

## Definitions
1. Wonderful; marvelous; excellent; extraordinarily good or great (used especially as an intensifier).
2. Existing in or constructed from fantasy; of or relating to fantasy; fanciful.
3. Not believable; implausible; seemingly only possible in fantasy.
4. Resembling fantasies in irregularity, caprice, or eccentricity; irregular; grotesque.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French fantastique, borrowed from Late Latin phantasticus, borrowed from Ancient Greek φᾰντᾰστῐκός (phăntăstĭkós, “imaginary, fantastic; fictional”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”). Equivalent to fantasy + -tic. Doublet of fantastique.

## Easily confused with
- **fantastical** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fantastic-vs-fantastical)
- **fanatic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fanatic-vs-fantastic)
- **fantasia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fantasia-vs-fantastic)

## Common misspellings (14)
`afntastic`, `fanatstic`, `fanntastic`, `fantasitc`, `fantasstic`, `fantastci`, `fantasticc`, `fantasttic`, `fantatsic`, `fantsatic`, `fanttastic`, `fatnastic`, `ffantastic`, `fnatastic`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/fantastic