English Explanatory Dictionary

wonderful

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Tending to excite wonder; surprising, extraordinary.
Surprisingly excellent; very good or admirable, extremely impressive.

adv

Exceedingly, to a great extent.

Pronunciation

/ˈwʌn.də.fl̩/ /ˈwʌn.dɚ.fl̩/ en-us-wonderful.ogg /ˈwan.də.fl̩/

Word forms

wonderful wonderfuller wonderfuler more wonderful wonderfullest wonderfulest most wonderful wonderfool woonderful wonderfull wondreful wondrefull 1drfl

Etymology

From Middle English wonderful, wondirful, from Old English wundorful (“wonderful”), from Proto-West Germanic *wundrafull, equivalent to wonder + -ful. Cognate Dutch wondervol (“wonderful”), German wundervoll (“wonderful”). Compare Old English wuldorfull (“glorious”).

Synonyms

awesome based beat beatific bewildering blissful celestial delightful divine enchanting extraordinary fabulous fantabulosa fantabulous fascinating finger-lickin' good frabjous grandeur grandiose grand great heavenlike heavenly impressive inspiring lovely jubbly magnificent majestic major marvellous/marvelous mirandous mystifying phenomenal selly splendid stupefying stupendous supercalifragilisticexpialidocious unbelievable wild wondrous luxurious amazing astonishing marvelous astounding awe-inspiring awful sensational awesomesauce cool dope excellent far out fire hellagood incredible goshwow glorious gnarly

Antonyms

boring common disgusting dull horrible insignificant lusterless monotonous mundane no wonder small wonder tedious terrible unimpressive uninspiring uninteresting unwonderful unsurprising unremarkable horrific

Related words

no wonder small wonder little wonder women are wonderful effect wonder wonderfully wonderland wonderment wondrous excellent surprising

Derived words

weird and wonderful wonderful limit wonderfully wonderfulness

Translations

Arabic: عَجِيب Arabic: رهيب Armenian: հրաշալի Armenian: հիանալի Armenian: զարմանալի Belarusian: цудо́ўны Bulgarian: чуде́сен Bulgarian: удиви́телен Catalan: meravellós Chinese Mandarin: 棒 Chinese Mandarin: 奇妙 Czech: skvělý Czech: báječný Danish: vidunderlig Dutch: fantastisch Dutch: heerlijk Dutch: wonderbaar Dyirbal: mali Esperanto: mirinda Estonian: imeline Finnish: hieno Finnish: mainio Finnish: loistava Finnish: ihana Finnish: ihmeellinen French: merveilleux Galician: marabilloso Georgian: შესანიშნავი Georgian: მშვენიერი Georgian: საუცხოო Georgian: საოცარი Georgian: სასწაულებრივი German: wunderbar German: wundervoll Gothic: 𐍅𐌿𐌻𐌸𐌰𐌲𐍃 Greek: θαυμάσιος Greek: εκπληκτικός Greek: υπέροχος Greek: έξοχος Greek: καταπληκτικός Ancient Greek: θαυμάσιος Hebrew: נפלא Hindi: अद्भुत Hindi: कमाल Hungarian: csodálatos Icelandic: yndislegur Icelandic: dásamlegur Icelandic: undursamlegur Ingrian: ihmelliin Ingrian: ihmekäs Interlingua: meraviliose Irish: iontach Italian: meraviglioso Italian: stupendo Italian: fantastico Italian: splendido Italian: eccellente Italian: impressionante Italian: ottimo Italian: favoloso Japanese: 素晴しい Kazakh: таңғажайып Kazakh: ғажайып Korean: 놀라운 Latin: mirābilis Latin: mīrus Latvian: brīnišķīgs Livonian: imli Luxembourgish: wonnerbar Macedonian: прекрасен Khiamniungan Naga: āthǖngō Norman: mangnifique Norwegian: underfull Norwegian Bokmål: vidunderlig

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