fab
Syllables: F·A·B/fæb/
fab adjective: fabulous (great or spectacular).
Adjective (1)
fab (comparative fabber, superlative fabbest)
- Fabulous (great or spectacular).
Noun (1)
fab (plural fabs)
- A manufacturing plant which fabricates items, particularly silicon chips.
- The chip fab will double its production next year.
Verb
fab (third-person singular simple present fabs, present participle fabbing, simple past and past participle fabbed)
- 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
- 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
- Synonyms:
- roger, acknowledged, five-by-five
Noun (2) capitalized: FAB
FAB (plural FABs)
- Abbreviation of frontal assessment battery.
- Abbreviation of French–American–British classification.
- Abbreviation of fast atom bombardment.
Adjective (2) capitalized: FAB
FAB (not comparable)
Proper noun capitalized: FAB
FAB
- Initialism of Freeport Area of Bataan.
Noun (3) capitalized: Fab
Fab (plural Fabs)
- A member of The Beatles.
Noun (4) capitalized: Fab
Fab (plural Fabs)
- 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 | |
|---|---|
| comparative | fabber |
| superlative | fabbest |
| Noun | |
| plural | fabs |
| plural | FABs |
| plural | Fabs |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | fabs |
| present participle | fabbing |
| past participle | fabbed |
| past | fabbed |
| Interjection | |
| alternative form | F.A.B. |
| alternative form | F. A. B. |
| alternative form | F-A-B |
| alternative form | F.-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
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
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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