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- Dictionaryfab·u·lous/ˈfabyələs/
adjective
- 1. extraordinary, especially extraordinarily large: "fabulous riches" Similar tremendousstupendousprodigiousphenomenalextraordinaryremarkableexceptionalastoundingamazingastonishingfantasticbreathtakingoverwhelmingstaggeringunthinkableinconceivableunimaginableincredibleunbelievableunheard ofunthought ofunspeakableunutterableuntoldineffableimplausibleimprobableunlikelyimpossibleundreamed ofbeyond one's wildest dreamsbeyond the realm of reasoninformal:mind-bogglingmind-blowingamazeballsOpposite ordinarytiny
- ▪ amazingly good; wonderful: "a fabulous two-week vacation" Similar excellentmarveloussuperbvery goodfirst-ratefirst-classwonderfuloutstandingexceptionalmagnificentsplendidsuperlativematchlesspeerlessinformal:greatsuperterrifictremendousfantasticsensationalstellaracefabsupercalifragilisticexpialidociousA1coolawesomemagicwickedtip-toptop-notchout of sightout of this worldway-outcapitalbrillsmashingon fleekbonzerinformal, dated:spiffingtoppingtop-holewizardhumorous:super-duperOpposite badboring
- ▪ having no basis in reality; mythical: "fabulous creatures" Similar mythicallegendarymythicmythologicalfabledfolkloricfairy-taleheroictraditionalfictitiousimaginaryimaginedmade upunrealhypotheticalfantasticproverbialapocryphalallegoricalsymbolicsymbolical
Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘known through fable’): from French fabuleux or Latin fabulosus ‘celebrated in fable’, from fabula (see fable).
Derivatives
- 1. fabulosity noun
- 2. fabulousness noun
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