Fantastic vs. Fantasy

Fantasticadjective

Existing in or constructed from fantasy; of or relating to fantasy; fanciful.

Fantasticadjective

Not believable; implausible; seemingly only possible in fantasy.

Fantasticadjective

Resembling fantasies in irregularity, caprice, or eccentricity; irregular; grotesque.

Fantasticadjective

Wonderful; marvelous; excellent; extraordinarily good or great (used especially as an intensifier).

Fantasticnoun

(archaic) A fanciful or whimsical person.

Fantasticadjective

Existing only in imagination; fanciful; imaginary; not real; chimerical.

Fantasticadjective

Having the nature of a phantom; unreal.

Fantasticadjective

Indulging the vagaries of imagination; whimsical; full of absurd fancies; capricious; as, fantastic minds; a fantastic mistress.

Fantasticadjective

Resembling fantasies in irregularity, caprice, or eccentricity; irregular; oddly shaped; grotesque.

Fantasticnoun

A person given to fantastic dress, manners, etc.; an eccentric person; a fop.

Fantasticadjective

ludicrously odd;

Fantasticadjective

extraordinarily good; used especially as intensifiers;

Fantasticadjective

extravagantly fanciful and unrealistic; foolish;

Fantasticadjective

existing in fancy only;

Fantasticadjective

exceedingly or unbelievably great;

Fantastic

The fantastic (French: le fantastique) is a subgenre of literary works characterized by the ambiguous presentation of seemingly supernatural forces. Bulgarian-French structuralist literary critic Tzvetan Todorov originated the concept, characterizing the fantastic as the hesitation of characters and readers when presented with questions about reality.

Fantasynoun

That which comes from one's imagination.

Fantasynoun

(literature) The literary genre generally dealing with themes of magic and the supernatural, imaginary worlds and creatures, etc.

Fantasynoun

A fantastical design.

Fantasynoun

(slang) The drug gamma-hydroxybutyric acid.

Fantasyverb

To fantasize (about).

Fantasyverb

(obsolete) To have a fancy for; to be pleased with; to like.

Fantasyverb

(transitive) To imagine; to conceive mentally.

Fantasynoun

Fancy; imagination; especially, a whimsical or fanciful conception; a vagary of the imagination; whim; caprice; humor.

Fantasynoun

Fantastic designs.

Fantasyverb

To have a fancy for; to be pleased with; to like; to fancy.

Fantasynoun

imagination unrestricted by reality;

Fantasynoun

fiction with a large amount of fantasy in it;

Fantasynoun

something many people believe that is false;

Fantasynoun

the faculty or activity of imagining impossible or improbable things

Fantasynoun

a fanciful mental image, typically one on which a person often dwells and which reflects their conscious or unconscious wishes

Fantasynoun

an idea with no basis in reality

Fantasynoun

a genre of imaginative fiction involving magic and adventure, especially in a setting other than the real world.

Fantasynoun

denoting a competition or league in which participants select imaginary teams from among the players in a real sports league and score points according to the actual performance of their players

Fantasynoun

a fantasia.

Fantasyverb

imagine the occurrence of; fantasize about

Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction set in a fictional universe, often inspired by real world myth and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy literature and drama.