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fab

Syllables: F·A·B/fæb/

fab adjective: fabulous (great or spectacular).

Adjective (1)

fab (comparative fabber, superlative fabbest)

  1. (informal) Fabulous (great or spectacular).

Noun (1)

fab (plural fabs)

  1. (informal) A manufacturing plant which fabricates items, particularly silicon chips.
    • The chip fab will double its production next year.
    Synonyms:
    fabber, foundry

Verb

fab (third-person singular simple present fabs, present participle fabbing, simple past and past participle fabbed)

  1. (informal, transitive) To fabricate, especially in the context of fabbers
    • It uses digital data from a computer to “fab” products and models of new products.

Interjection capitalized: FAB

  1. (humorous) Used to acknowledge that a message has been received and understood.
    • "Okay, FAB. Over and out."1986, Márcio Souza, The order of the day: an unidentified flying opus
    • It was great to report back to Mike and Jason on this knowing they were eager to hear that everything was operational. F.A.B. Virgil!2011, Norman Beech, The Atlantic Job - A Dad and a Lad, FilamentPublishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 69

Noun (2) capitalized: FAB

FAB (plural FABs)

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of frontal assessment battery.
  2. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of French–American–British classification.
  3. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of fast atom bombardment.

Adjective (2) capitalized: FAB

FAB (not comparable)

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of French–American–British.

Proper noun capitalized: FAB

FAB

  1. (Philippines, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Freeport Area of Bataan.

Noun (3) capitalized: Fab

Fab (plural Fabs)

  1. A member of The Beatles.

Noun (4) capitalized: Fab

Fab (plural Fabs)

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of fragment antigen-binding.

fab meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

fab in Hindi

फैब, फेब

fab in Tamil

ஃபேப்

fab in Marathi

फॅब

fab in Urdu

فاب, فیب
More languagesFewer languages
fab in Bengali
ফ্যাব, ফেব
fab in Telugu
ఫ్యాబ్, ఫాబ్, ఫేబ్
fab in Malayalam
ഫാബ്, ഫാബിലേക്ക്
fab in Kannada
ಫ್ಯಾಬ್, ಫಾಬ್, ಫ್ಯಾಬ್ಗೆ
fab in Punjabi
ਫੈਬ, ਫੈਬ ਤੱਕ
fab in Gujarati
ફેબ, ફૅબ
fab in Odia
ଫାବ୍
fab in Nepali
फ्याब, फेब, फ्याब गर्न

Synonyms of fab

Forms of fab

Adjective
comparativefabber
superlativefabbest
Noun
pluralfabs
pluralFABs
pluralFabs
Verb
third-person singular presentfabs
present participlefabbing
past participlefabbed
pastfabbed
Interjection
alternative formF.A.B.
alternative formF. A. B.
alternative formF-A-B
alternative formF.-A.-B.

Origin of fab

From fabulous, by shortening.

From fabricate and its derived terms, by shortening.

Coined by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson for the TV series Thunderbirds (1965-1966), from fab, clipping of fabulous.

Words formed from fab

Phrases with fab

Words that rhyme with fab

17 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about fab

What does fab mean?
Fab means fabulous (great or spectacular).
What is fab in Hindi?
Fab in Hindi is फैब, फेब. See Fab meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is fab?
Fab can be an adjective, a noun, a verb or an interjection.
How do you pronounce fab?
Fab is pronounced /fæb/.

Words near fab in the dictionary

  1. faas
  2. Faases
  3. Faassen
  4. Faassens
  5. Faathiyehuttaa
  6. fab
  7. Fab Four
  8. fab lab
  9. fab labs
  10. faba bean
  11. faba beans

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: fab (page history and authors); FAB (page history and authors); Fab (page history and authors); fab (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fab (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fab (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fab (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fab (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fab (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fab (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fab (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fab (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fab (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fab (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fab (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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