funtastic

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/fʌnˈtæstɪk/

adjective

Fantastically fun.

“But mom! Can't I go to the fair? The others say it will be funtastic!”

UncommonScrabble 14

Meanings

adjectivefuntastic (comparative more funtastic, superlative most funtastic)

comparative more funtastic · superlative most funtastic

  1. 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 58

    Comedy: 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 336

    I 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

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

Blend of fun + fantastic.

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APA

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

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Chicago

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

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