fantastical
Beyond all belief
Fantastical describes something extravagantly fanciful or bizarre, often with a dreamlike or imaginary quality: fantastical creatures, a fantastical landscape.
It carries more whimsy and strangeness than simply fantastic—less about excellence and more about wild imagination or improbability: The story grew increasingly fantastical as she embellished it.
Not real, invented
- inventedCreated something new
- fancifulImaginatively unrealistic
- make-believeImaginative play or fantasy
- mythicalOf folklore, not fact
legendary · chimerical · visionary · fabricated · notional · illusory · unreal · quixotic
Delicate beyond earthly measure
- whimsicalPlayfully fanciful or erratic
- surrealDreamlike and strange
- oneiricRelating to dreams
- kaleidoscopicShowing constantly changing patterns
gossamer · vaporous · otherworldly · dreamscape · hallucinatory · lucid · enigmatic · mystifying
Under magical influence
- spellboundHeld as if enchanted
- bewitchedUnder magical influence
- sorceryPractice of dark magic
- wizardryPractice of casting spells
enchantment · arcane · mystical · supernatural · conjured · charmed · occult · alchemical
Strikingly unconventional
- grotesqueDistorted, bizarre figure
- uncannyEerily beyond normal
- kafkaesqueNightmarishly illogical and bureaucratic
- psychedelicInducing altered perception
distorted · paradoxical · disorienting · absurd · anomalous · irrational · unearthly · nonsensical
Ostentatiously wealthy
- lavishAbundant beyond necessity
- sumptuousSplendidly rich and costly
- ornateElaborately decorated
- baroqueExcessively ornate or elaborate
rococo · grandiose · flamboyant · ostentatious · magnificent · resplendent · splendid · gilded
fictional
Not real, invented
- inventedCreated something new
- fancifulImaginatively unrealistic
- make-believeImaginative play or fantasy
mythical · legendary · chimerical · visionary · fabricated · notional · illusory · unreal · quixotic · utopian
ethereal
Delicate beyond earthly measure
kaleidoscopic · gossamer · vaporous · otherworldly · dreamscape · hallucinatory · lucid · enigmatic · mystifying · fleeting
enchanted
Under magical influence
- spellboundHeld as if enchanted
- bewitchedUnder magical influence
- sorceryPractice of dark magic
wizardry · enchantment · arcane · mystical · supernatural · conjured · charmed · occult · alchemical · incantation
bizarre
Strikingly unconventional
- grotesqueDistorted, bizarre figure
- uncannyEerily beyond normal
- kafkaesqueNightmarishly illogical and bureaucratic
psychedelic · distorted · paradoxical · disorienting · absurd · anomalous · irrational · unearthly · nonsensical · strange
opulent
Ostentatiously wealthy
baroque · rococo · grandiose · flamboyant · ostentatious · magnificent · resplendent · splendid · gilded · elaborate
legendary
Famous beyond ordinary measure
heroes · monsters · folklore · titans · dragons · phoenixes · griffins · chimera · centaurs · nymphs
- Mysticalethereal, otherworldly, supernatural, numinous, transcendent
- unbelievableunbelievable, incredible, inconceivable, implausible, unthinkable
- whimsicalwhimsical, whimsy, fanciful, playful, quirky
- imaginary stylesimaginary, dreamlike, dreamy, surreal, otherworldly
- supernaturalghosts, ghost, witches, spirits, vampire
- creative traitscreative, imaginative, inventive, innovative, original
- Fantastic FourMarvel's first superhero family
- Fantastic Mr Fox
- Fantastic Mr. Fox
- trip the light fantasticTo dance, especially elegantly
- fantastical worldsInvented settings defying reality
- fantastical creaturesImaginary beasts from legend