different between capricious vs fantastic

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French capricieux, from Italian capriccioso, from capriccio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??p????s/
• Rhymes: -???s

Adjective

capricious (comparative more capricious, superlative most capricious)

1. Impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim.

   Synonyms: arbitrary, whimsical, fickle

   Antonyms: conscientious, rigorous

Usage notes

• Capricious can describe both a person and the decisions they make.

Derived terms

• capriciously

Related terms

• caprice

Translations

Anagrams

• auriscopic

English

Alternative forms

• fantastick, phantastick (obsolete)
• phantastic
• phantastique (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French fantastique, from Late Latin phantasticus, from Ancient Greek ??????????? (phantastikós, “imaginary, fantastic; fictional”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *b?eh?- (“to shine”). Doublet of fantastique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fæn?tæst?k/
• Rhymes: -æst?k

Adjective

fantastic (comparative more fantastic, superlative most fantastic)

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

2. Not believable; implausible; seemingly only possible in fantasy.
3. Resembling fantasies in irregularity, caprice, or eccentricity; irregular; grotesque.
   • T. Gray

     There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, / That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high.

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

Synonyms

• (based in fantasy rather than reality): fabulous, fantastical
• (extravagantly fanciful and unrealistic): foolish, hare-brained, unrealistic, wild
• (incredibly wonderful): brilliant, fabulous, splendid, super, wonderful
• See also Thesaurus:excellent

Antonyms

• (incredibly wonderful): sucktastic

Derived terms

• fantastical
• fantastically

Related terms

• fantasy
• fantasise, fantasize

Translations

Noun

fantastic (plural fantastics)

1. (archaic) A fanciful or whimsical person.

Anagrams

• anti-facts

Romanian

Etymology

From French fantastique, from Latin phantasticus.

Adjective

fantastic m or n (feminine singular fantastic?, masculine plural fantastici, feminine and neuter plural fantastice)

1. fantastic

Declension