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Eminent vs Fantastic - What's the difference?

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Eminent is a related term of fantastic.


As adjectives the difference between eminent and fantastic

is that eminent is eminent; distinguished; noteworthy while fantastic is fantastic.

eminent

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (archaic) high, lofty; towering; prominent.
  • noteworthy, remarkable, great
  • His eminent good sense has been a godsend to this project.
  • of a person, distinguished, important, noteworthy
  • In later years, the professor became known as an eminent historian.

    Usage notes

    * Eminent and imminent are very similar sounds, and are weak rhymes; in some dialects, these may be confused. A typo of either word may result in a correction to the wrong word by spellchecking software. Eminent may also be confused with immanent, immanant, or emanate.

    Derived terms

    * eminence * eminently * preeminent

    fantastic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * fantastick (obsolete) * (l) * (l) (obsolete) * phantastique (archaic)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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!"

    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

    Antonyms

    * (incredibly wonderful) sucktastic

    Derived terms

    * fantastical * fantastically