'Fabulous' definitions:
Definition of 'fabulous'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Extremely pleasing; "a fabulous vacation" [syn: fabulous, fab]
adjective
Based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity; "mythical centaurs"; "the fabulous unicorn" [syn: fabulous, mythic, mythical, mythologic, mythological]
adjective
Barely credible; "the fabulous endurance of a marathon runner"
Definition of 'Fabulous'
From: GCIDE
- Fabulous \Fab"u*lous\ (f[a^]b"[-u]*l[u^]s), a. [L. fabulosus; cf. F. fabuleux. See Fable.]
- 1. Feigned, as a story or fable; related in fable; devised; invented; not real; fictitious; as, a fabulous description; a fabulous hero. [1913 Webster]
- The fabulous birth of Minerva. --Chesterfield. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Beyond belief; exceedingly great; as, a fabulous price. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Exceptionally good; extremely pleasing. [informal] [PJC]
- Fabulous age, that period in the history of a nation of which the only accounts are myths and unverified legends; as, the fabulous age of Greece and Rome. -- {Fab"u*lous*ly}, adv. -- {Fab"u*lous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'fabulous'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a bit much,
- abandoned,
- ace,
- allegoric,
- amazing,
- appalling,
- astonishing,
- astounding,
- beguiling,
- bewildering,
- boundless,
- celebrated,
- concocted,
- conspicuous,
- cooked-up,
- cool,
- copacetic,
- egregious,
- enigmatic,
- enormous,
- exaggerated,
- exceptional,
- excessive,
- exorbitant,
- extraordinary,
- extravagant,
- extreme,
- fab,
- fabled,
- fabricated,
- fancied,
- fanciful,
- fancy,
- fantasied,
- fantastic,
- fascinating,
- fictional,
- fictitious,
- fictive,
- figmental,
- forged,
- formidable,
- gigantic,
- gluttonous,
- great,
- groovy,
- hatched,
- high,
- hot,
- howling,
- hyperbolic,
- hypertrophied,
- imaginary,
- immoderate,
- incomprehensible,
- inconceivable,
- incontinent,
- incredible,
- indescribable,
- ineffable,
- inordinate,
- intemperate,
- invented,
- keen,
- legendary,
- made-up,
- magic,
- make-believe,
- manufactured,
- marked,
- marvelous,
- miraculous,
- monstrous,
- mythic,
- mythical,
- mythicized,
- mythified,
- mythological,
- mythopoeic,
- mythopoetic,
- neat,
- nonactual,
- nonfactual,
- nonrealistic,
- notable,
- noteworthy,
- noticeable,
- of mark,
- out of bounds,
- out of sight,
- outlandish,
- outrageous,
- outstanding,
- overbig,
- overdeveloped,
- overgreat,
- overgrown,
- overlarge,
- overmuch,
- overweening,
- parabolic,
- passing strange,
- phenomenal,
- portentous,
- preposterous,
- prodigious,
- put-up,
- puzzling,
- rare,
- rattling,
- remarkable,
- romantic,
- romanticized,
- sensational,
- signal,
- smashing,
- steep,
- stiff,
- storied,
- strange,
- striking,
- stupefying,
- stupendous,
- super,
- superb,
- superior,
- terrific,
- thumping,
- thundering,
- too much,
- trumped-up,
- unbelievable,
- unbridled,
- uncommon,
- unconscionable,
- undue,
- unexampled,
- unheard-of,
- unimaginable,
- unique,
- unparalleled,
- unprecedented,
- unreal,
- unreasonable,
- unrestrained,
- unspeakable,
- whopping,
- wonderful,
- wondrous