fantast

fan·tast

F0032900 (făn′tăst′)n. A visionary; a dreamer.

---

[German, from Medieval Latin phantasta, from Greek phantastēs, boaster, from phantasiā, imagination; see fantasy.]

fantast

(ˈfæntæst) na dreamer or visionary[C16: from German Phantast, from Greek phantastēs boaster; English word influenced in meaning by fantastic]

fan•tast

(ˈfæn tæst)

n. a visionary; dreamer. [1580–90; < German, variant of Phantast < Greek phantastḗs boaster fantastic]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

fantast - someone who predicts the future futuristillusionist, seer, visionary - a person with unusual powers of foresight