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fantastic/terrific
spoken extremely good, in a way that makes you feel excited and happy – used mainly in spoken English:
• The view from the top was fantastic. • He did a fantastic job. • That’s a terrific idea! • ‘I passed!’ ‘That’s terrific!’
great
spoken extremely good – used mainly in spoken English:
• Thanks for a great afternoon. • ‘Did you have a good holiday?' ’It was great!'
excellent
extremely good – used especially about the quality of something. Excellent is more formal than fantastic/terrific or great , and is used in both spoken and written English:
• Our local theatre has put on some excellent productions. • It is an excellent film.
wonderful
extremely good in a way that impresses you or makes you very pleased:
• She is really a wonderful person. • That’s wonderful news!
marvellous
British English , marvelous American English extremely good in a way that impresses you or makes you very pleased. Marvellous sounds a little old-fashioned, but is still fairly common:
• We had a marvellous dinner at a little restaurant near the hotel. • Martino’s performance was marvelous.
amazing
extremely good in a surprising and exciting way:
• Standing there on top of Mount Fuji was an amazing experience.
incredible
extremely good in a surprising and exciting way. Incredible is often used when something is so good that it almost seems unlikely:
• What a goal! That was incredible! • It was an incredible moment - one that I will never forget.
brilliant
British English informal extremely good:
• ‘How was your trip?’ ‘Absolutely brilliant!’ • What a brilliant idea!
be out of this world
used when saying that something is so good that you cannot imagine anything better:
• Their desserts are out of this world.
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adj. very good VERBS be, feel, look, smell, sound, taste I felt fantastic after my swim. This cake tastes fantastic. ADV. really, truly We had a really fantastic holiday. | absolutely, just, quite The sense of freedom was absolutely fantastic. strange VERBS be, look, sound ADV. rather It may sound rather fantastic, but it's the truth. | increasingly The plot gets increasingly fantastic as the film goes on.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary