fantast

fan·tast

noun \ˈfan-ˌtast\

Definition of FANTAST

1

: visionary

2

: a fantastic or eccentric person

3

: fantasist

Examples of FANTAST

1. <yet another short-lived utopian community that was the brainchild of a naive fantast>

Origin of FANTAST

German, from Medieval Latin fantasta, probably back-formation from Late Latin phantasticus

First Known Use: 1588

Related to FANTAST

Synonyms: Don Quixote, dreamer, idealist, idealizer, ideologue (also idealogue), romantic, romanticist, utopian, visionary

Antonyms: hardnose, pragmatist, realist

Related Words: emotionalist, sentimentalist; daydreamer, fantasizer, woolgatherer; Micawber, optimist, Pollyanna; do-gooder, reformer; perfectionist; doctrinaire, theorist, thinker

Near Antonyms: cynic, defeatist, pessimist; empiric, empiricist

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Rhymes with FANTAST

aghast, at last, avast, bedfast, Belfast, bombast, broadcast, bypast, contrast, dicast, dismast, downcast, dynast, flypast, forecast, foremast, forepassed, full blast, gymnast, half-caste, half-mast, handfast, holdfast, lightfast, mainmast, makefast, march-past, miscast, newscast, oblast, offcast, outcast, outcaste, precast, recast, repast, roughcast, sandblast, sand-cast, shamefast, sportscast, topmast, trade-last, typecast, upcast, webcast, windblast