Fantastic vs. Outlandish

Fantasticadjective

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

‘He told fantastic stories of dragons and goblins.’; ‘His fantastic post-college plans had all collapsed within a year of graduation.’; ‘She had a fantastic view of her own importance that none of her colleagues shared.’;

Outlandishadjective

Bizarre; strange.

‘The rock star wore black with outlandish pink and green spiked hair.’;

Fantasticadjective

Not believable; implausible; seemingly only possible in fantasy.

‘The events were so fantastic that only the tabloids were willing to print them.’; ‘She entered the lab and stood gaping for a good ten minutes at the fantastic machinery at work all around her.’;

Outlandishadjective

(archaic) Foreign; alien.

Fantasticadjective

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

Outlandishadjective

Foreign; not native.

‘Him did outlandish women cause to sin.’; ‘Its barley water and its outlandish wines.’;

Fantasticadjective

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

‘"I had a simply fantastic vacation, and I can't wait to tell you all about it!"’;

Outlandishadjective

Deviating conspicuously from common practice; strange; freakish; bizarre; rude; barbarous; uncouth; clownish; as, an outlandish dress, behavior, or speech; - usually used in a negative sense.

‘Something outlandish, unearthy, or at variance with ordinary fashion.’;

Fantasticnoun

(archaic) A fanciful or whimsical person.

Outlandishadjective

conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual;

‘restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit’; ‘famed for his eccentric spelling’; ‘a freakish combination of styles’; ‘his off-the-wall antics’; ‘the outlandish clothes of teenagers’; ‘outre and affected stage antics’;

Fantasticadjective

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

Outlandish

Outlandish is a hip-hop music group based in Denmark. Formed in 1997, it consisted of Isam Bachiri (born in Denmark and of Moroccan background), Waqas Ali Qadri (born in Denmark and of Pakistani background), and Lenny Martinez (born in Honduras and of Cuban and Honduran descent).

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.

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

Fantasticnoun

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

‘Our fantastics, who, having a fine watch, take all ocasions to draw it out to be seen.’;

Fantasticadjective

ludicrously odd;

‘Hamlet's assumed antic disposition’; ‘fantastic Halloween costumes’; ‘a grotesque reflection in the mirror’;

Fantasticadjective

extraordinarily good; used especially as intensifiers;

‘a fantastic trip to the Orient’; ‘the film was fantastic!’; ‘a howling success’; ‘a marvelous collection of rare books’; ‘had a rattling conversation about politics’; ‘a tremendous achievement’;

Fantasticadjective

extravagantly fanciful and unrealistic; foolish;

‘a fantastic idea of his own importance’;

Fantasticadjective

existing in fancy only;

‘fantastic figures with bulbous heads the circumference of a bushel’;

Fantasticadjective

exceedingly or unbelievably great;

‘the bomb did fantastic damage’; ‘Samson is supposed to have had fantastic strength’; ‘phenomenal feats of memory’;

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.