Meanings
comparative more funtastic · superlative most funtastic
- slangFantastically fun.
But mom! Can't I go to the fair? The others say it will be funtastic!
3 more examples
The game becomes more “funtastic” if the teacher not only calls out the name of a line or space but adds a novel way of getting there or something novel to do once the players arrive at the designated line or space.
1960, Eloise M. Jaeger, Harry Leighton, Teaching of Tennis: For School and Recreation Programs, Burgess Publishing, page 58Comedy: The comedy scene here is funtastic – check out Club Jongleurs and the Leicester Comedy Festival which is the biggest in Britain, attracting over 40,000 people a year.
2005, Ruth Bushi, Dan Jones, Anthony Leyton, The Push Guide to Which University 2006, Nelson Thomses, →ISBN, page 336I turned thirteen the week after school got out (and had a slumber party that even Fiona called “oh-so funtastic”).
2009, Sydney Salter, Jungle Crossing, Harcourt, →ISBN, pages 16–17
Origin
- Englishfun
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰh₂nyéti
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰáňňō
- Ancient Greekφαίνω (phaínō)
- Ancient Greekφαντάζω (phantázō)
- Ancient Greekφανταστικός (phantastikós)
- Late Latinphantasticus
- Middle Frenchfantastique
- Englishfantastic
- Englishfuntastic
Cite this entry
funtastic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/funtastic
“funtastic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/funtastic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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