Words / B1

fan-TAST-ik/fænˈtæstɪk/

Fantastic means extremely good in informal speech. Brilliant and excellent are close; fantastic can also mean strange, like a fantasy. References: “fantastic” is praise, not evidence for a predicted 9.

Meaning

Extremely good (informal); also strange, like a fantasy.

Examples

• ““Fantastic” in a reference is praise, not evidence for a predicted 9.”
• “A fantastic creature in the novel is the “unreal” sense, not a compliment.”

Good to know

Informal praise. Close: brilliant / excellent. Literature: unreal. References / reviews. Not a mark-scheme word on its own.

Near in meaning

brilliant, excellent

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