wonderful

American  

[wuhn-der-fuhl] / ˈwʌn dər fəl /

adjective

1. excellent; great; marvelous.

   We all had a wonderful weekend.

   Synonyms:

   phenomenal, astounding, amazing, astonishing, prodigious, miraculous, wondrous, awesome, strange, curious, unique

2. of a sort that causes or arouses wonder; amazing; astonishing.

   The storm was wonderful to behold.

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wonderful British  

/ ˈwʌndəfʊl /

adjective

1. exciting a feeling of wonder; marvellous or strange

2. extremely fine; excellent

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Other Word Forms

• unwonderful adjective
• wonderfully adverb
• wonderfulness noun

Etymology

Origin of wonderful

First recorded before 1100; wonder ( def. ) + -ful ( def. )

Example Sentences

"Feeling you are bringing other people joy is a wonderful thing."

From BBC

I felt the uniquely wonderful and familiar sensation of using my brain in a different way.

From Salon

"It sits above Roman waterfronts so that road effectively protects a whole massive swathe of wonderful archaeology - and that would be early Roman waterfronts, medieval buildings, everything," she says.

From BBC

Home manager Hannah Nurse said it had been "wonderful" to mark her great age.

From BBC

There’s nothing more wonderful than sharing a book that you love — one that really gives you pleasure, the kind that you read again and again and believe the characters are like old friends.

From MarketWatch

Related Words

• admirable
• amazing
• astonishing
• awesome
• brilliant
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• enjoyable
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• fabulous
• fantastic
• fine
• incredible
• magnificent
• marvelous
• outstanding
• phenomenal
• pleasant
• pleasing
• remarkable
• sensational