fabulous

[fab-yuh-luhs] / ˈfæb jə ləs /

ADJECTIVE

amazing, wonderful

Synonyms

STRONGEST

astonishing astounding awesome breathtaking fantastic incredible marvelous outrageous phenomenal remarkable spectacular superb terrific unbelievable

WEAK

10 A-1 A-OK aces best cool doozie extravagant fab fictitious first-class greatest groovy immense inconceivable legendary mind-blowing out-of-sight out-of-this-world peachy primo prodigious rad striking stupendous super top drawer tops unreal wicked

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bad believable credible expected inferior normal ordinary plain plausible poor regular unamazing usual

WEAK

common simple

Example Sentences

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What fabulous representatives these are of the country that Europe once looked upon with gratitude and respect: clownish, crude and stupid all at once.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

No: The Tony program is routinely cast with enormously talented people—humans—doing fabulous things with their voices and feet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

A woman who looked more than a decade older than I, wearing a fabulous red hat, sat next to me.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

At 5-3 up, Bunting started with six perfect darts to raise hopes of a nine-darter to clinch it but had to settle for finishing off a fabulous display in 12.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

I looked up at his round face, at the fabulous white goatee.

From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli

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