-tastic

suffix

Fantastic; used to form adjectives conveying praise or celebration.

Meanings

suffix-tastic (adjective-forming suffix, comparative more -tastic, superlative most -tastic)

comparative more -tastic · superlative most -tastic

  1. sarcasticslangsometimesFantastic; used to form adjectives conveying praise or celebration.

    I don't get out to the movies that much, but "Bluntman and Chronic" was blunt-tastic.

    2001, Kevin Smith, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, spoken by Whillenholly (Will Ferrell)

    Synonyms: -riffic, -tacular, -licious

Synonyms & antonyms

suffixFantastic; used to form adjectives conveying praise or celebration.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰh₂nyéti
  3. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáňňō
  4. Ancient Greekφαίνω (phaínō)
  5. Ancient Greekφαντάζω (phantázō)
  6. Ancient Greekφανταστικός (phantastikós)
  7. Late Latinphantasticus
  8. Middle Frenchfantastique
  9. Englishfantastic
  10. English-tastic

Rebracketing of fantastic.

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APA

-tastic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-tastic

MLA

“-tastic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-tastic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-tastic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-tastic.

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