fabulous

adjective

1 they are paid fabulous salaries:

tremendous, stupendous, prodigious, phenomenal;

extraordinary, remarkable, exceptional;

astounding, amazing, astonishing, fantastic, breathtaking, overwhelming, staggering, unthinkable, inconceivable, unimaginable, incredible, unbelievable, unheard of, unthought of, unspeakable, unutterable, untold, ineffable, implausible, improbable, unlikely, impossible, undreamed of, beyond one's wildest dreams, beyond the realm of reason;

informal mind-boggling, mind-blowing, amazeballs.

▷antonyms ordinary; tiny.

2 informal we had a fabulous time:

excellent, marvelous, superb, very good, first-rate, first-class, wonderful, outstanding, exceptional, magnificent, splendid, superlative, matchless, peerless;

informal great, super, terrific, tremendous, fantastic, sensational, stellar, ace, fab, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, A1, cool, awesome, magic, wicked, tip-top, top-notch, out of sight, out of this world, way-out, capital;

British, informal brill, smashing;

US, informal on fleek;

Australian, New Zealand, informal bonzer;

British, informal , dated spiffing, topping, top-hole, wizard;

humorous super-duper.

▷antonyms bad; boring.

3 a fabulous horse-like beast with a female human head:

mythical, legendary, mythic, mythological, fabled, folkloric, fairy-tale, heroic, traditional;

fictitious, imaginary, imagined, made up, unreal, hypothetical, fantastic, proverbial, apocryphal;

allegorical, symbolic, symbolical.