Word Meanings - FANTASTICAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Fanciful; unreal; whimsical; capricious; fantastic.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of FANTASTICAL)
- Odd
- Alone
- sole
- unmatched
- remaining
- over
- fragmentary
- uneven
- singular
- peculiar
- queer
- quaint
- fantastical
- uncommon
- nondescript
Related words: (words related to FANTASTICAL)
- PECULIARIZE
To make peculiar; to set appart or assign, as an exclusive possession. Dr. John Smith. - UNCOMMON
Not common; unusual; infrequent; rare; hence, remarkable; strange; as, an uncommon season; an uncommon degree of cold or heat; uncommon courage. Syn. -- Rare; scarce; infrequent; unwonted. -- Un*com"mon*ly, adv. -- Un*com"mon*ness, n. - FANTASTICALITY
Fantastically. - QUEERISH
Rather queer; somewhat singular. - ALONENESS
A state of being alone, or without company; solitariness. Bp. Montagu. - SINGULAR
Existing by itself; single; individual. The idea which represents one . . . determinate thing, is called a singular idea, whether simple, complex, or compound. I. Watts. (more info) 1. Separate or apart from others; single; distinct. Bacon. And - PECULIARNESS
The quality or state of being peculiar; peculiarity. Mede. - REMAIN
re- + manere to stay, remain. See Mansion, and cf. Remainder, 1. To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not - PECULIARLY
In a peculiar manner; particulary; in a rare and striking degree; unusually. - UNEVEN
1. Not even; not level; not uniform; rough; as, an uneven road or way; uneven ground. 2. Not equal; not of equal length. Hebrew verse consists of uneven feet. Peacham. 3. Not divisible by two without a remainder; odd; -- said of numbers; as, 3, - PECULIAR
1. One's own; belonging solely or especially to an individual; not possessed by others; of private, personal, or characteristic possession and use; not owned in common or in participation. And purify unto himself a peculiar people. Titus ii. 14. - FANTASTICAL
Fanciful; unreal; whimsical; capricious; fantastic. - QUAINT
pretty, odd, OF. cointe cultivated, amiable, agreeable, neat, fr. L. cognitus known, p. p. of cognoscere to know; con + noscere (for 1. Prudent; wise; hence, crafty; artful; wily. Clerks be full subtle and full quaint. Chaucer. 2. Characterized - QUEERNESS
The quality or state of being queer. - NONDESCRIPT
Not hitherto described; novel; hence, odd; abnormal; unclassifiable. - SINGULARITY
1. The quality or state of being singular; some character or quality of a thing by which it is distinguished from all, or from most, others; peculiarity. Pliny addeth this singularity to that soil, that the second year the very falling down of - ALONE
1. Quite by one's self; apart from, or exclusive of, others; single; solitary; -- applied to a person or thing. Alone on a wide, wide sea. Coleridge. It is not good that the man should be alone. Gen. ii. 18. 2. Of or by itself; by themselves; - REMAINDER
The quantity or sum that is left after subtraction, or after any deduction. (more info) 1. Anything that remains, or is left, after the separation and removal of a part; residue; remnant. "The last remainders of unhappy Troy." Dryden. If these - QUAINTISE
1. Craft; subtlety; cunning. Chaucer. R. of Glouces. 2. Elegance; beauty. Chaucer. - REMAINDER-MAN
One who has an estate after a particular estate is determined. See Remainder, n., 3. Blackstone. - ACQUAINTANCE
1. A state of being acquainted, or of having intimate, or more than slight or superficial, knowledge; personal knowledge gained by intercourse short of that of friendship or intimacy; as, I know the man; but have no acquaintance with him. Contract - ACQUAINTED
Personally known; familiar. See To be acquainted with, under Acquaint, v. t. - DISACQUAINT
To render unacquainted; to make unfamiliar. While my sick heart With dismal smart Is disacquainted never. Herrick. - INACQUAINTANCE
Want of acquaintance. Good. - ABALONE
A univalve mollusk of the genus Haliotis. The shell is lined with mother-of-pearl, and used for ornamental purposes; the sea-ear. Several large species are found on the coast of California, clinging closely to the rocks. - PREACQUAINTANCE
Previous acquaintance or knowledge. Harris. - PREACQUAINT
To acquaint previously or beforehand. Fielding. - ACQUAINTEDNESS
State of being acquainted; degree of acquaintance. Boyle.