FABULOUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fabulous mean? 

• FABULOUS (adjective)
  The adjective FABULOUS has 3 senses:

1. extremely pleasing

2. based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity

3. barely credible

  Familiarity information: FABULOUS used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FABULOUS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Extremely pleasing

Synonyms:

fab; fabulous

Context example:

a fabulous vacation

Similar:

pleasing (giving pleasure and satisfaction)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity

Synonyms:

fabulous; mythic; mythical; mythologic; mythological

Context example:

the fabulous unicorn

Similar:

unreal (lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria)

Derivation:

fable (a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events)

fable (a short moral story (often with animal characters))

Sense 3

Meaning:

Barely credible

Context example:

the fabulous endurance of a marathon runner

Similar:

incredible; unbelievable (beyond belief or understanding)

Derivation:

fable (a deliberately false or improbable account)

 Context examples 

This is a fabulous day for, again, it suggests even more money for you.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

A lead keel of fabulous but unknown weight makes her very stable, while she carries an immense spread of canvas.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The curtains and upholstery of the chairs and sofas and the hangings of my bed are of the costliest and most beautiful fabrics, and must have been of fabulous value when they were made, for they are centuries old, though in excellent order.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

I have perused several books of travels with great delight in my younger days; but having since gone over most parts of the globe, and been able to contradict many fabulous accounts from my own observation, it has given me a great disgust against this part of reading, and some indignation to see the credulity of mankind so impudently abused.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

You have one more fabulous day, December 30, when you may receive unexpected, thrilling career news.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Go to the spa, have a fabulous haircut, choose new clothes, or purchase a beautiful new addition to your wardrobe.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Another fabulous day, March 20, will again show you the value of a partner.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Over the weekend of November 23-24, profit-minded Venus will receive supportive beams from lucky Jupiter—a fabulous aspect for increasing your income.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

As you see, here you have a day, November 24, with one fabulous aspect (Venus conjunct Jupiter) but also one bad one (Mars opposite Uranus), so I cannot recommend it for major actions.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Going back now to Mars, December 22 brings a fabulous day, when your two rulers, Pluto and Mars, will be in supreme harmony to turn you into a powerful force of nature.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)