fabulous

[fab-yuh-luhs] / ˈfæb yə 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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West Ham forward Hurst scored a fabulous hat-trick as the Three Lions clinched the game's grandest prize for the only time in their history - and on home soil.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

And you definitely don’t have to tell anyone in Raleigh or Vegas, two atypical but fabulous hockey towns.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

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

Dent said she was a "long-time admirer" of Locatelli's work and described him as a "fabulous addition to our UK Celebrity MasterChef team".

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

She didn’t have her own map, sitting in the back, but she had an absolutely fabulous view out both sides and behind, a view she didn’t normally get, and the leisure to enjoy it.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

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