wonderful

adjective
/ˈwʌndəfl̩/

Tending to excite wonder; surprising, extraordinary.

Example

“His delusion was not wonderful, but most natural.”

Other meanings

Surprisingly excellent; very good or admirable, extremely impressive.
“They served a wonderful six-course meal.”

Synonyms

marvelous
tremendous

Related words

weird and wonderful
wonderfully
wonderful limit
wonderfulness

Example sentences

“What a wonderful world we live in!”
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Word history

From Old English "wundorful".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “wonderful” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.