different between fantastic vs phantasm
fantastic
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)
- Existing in or constructed from fantasy; of or relating to fantasy; fanciful.
- Not believable; implausible; seemingly only possible in fantasy.
- 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.
- T. Gray
- 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)
- (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)
- fantastic
Declension
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phantasm
English
Alternative forms
- fantasm
- phantasim (obsolete)
- phantasma
Etymology
A learned variant of phantom; from Middle English fantosme, from Old French fantosme, fantasme, from Latin phantasma, from Ancient Greek ???????? (phántasma). Doublet of phantom.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fæntæz?m/
- Hyphenation: phan?tasm
Noun
phantasm (plural phantasms)
- Something seen but having no physical reality; a phantom or apparition.
- 1900, Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams, Avon Books, (translated by James Strachey) pg. 74:
- He declares that there seems to be no justification for regarding the phantasms of dreams as pure hallucinations; most dream-images are probably in fact illusions, since they arise from faint sense-impressions, which never cease during sleep.
- 1900, Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams, Avon Books, (translated by James Strachey) pg. 74:
- (philosophy) A impression as received by the senses, especially an image, often prior to any interpretation by the intellect.
- Synonym: (less common) phantasia
Derived terms
- phantasmal
- phantasmic
Related terms
- fancy
- fantasize
- fantastic
- fantasy
- phantasmatic
- phantom
Further reading
- phantasm in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- phantasm in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- phantasm at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- panthams
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