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wondrous

adj · adv · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈwʌndɹəs/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Wonderful; amazing, inspiring awe; marvelous.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • We all stared open-mouthed at the wondrous sight.

Meaning relationships

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, astounding, awe-inspiring, awful, sensational, awesomesauce, cool, dope, excellent, far out, fire, hellagood, incredible, goshwow, glorious, gnarly, goated, groovy, marvellous, mythic, neat, lit, outstanding, powerful, rad, righteous, selcouth, splendent, sublime, surpassing, terrific, tight, unreal, wicked, wonderful

Antonyms: none provided

2

adv

Meaning 2

In a wonderful degree; remarkably; wondrously.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as intensifiers

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a fantastic trip to the Orient
  • the film was fantastic!
  • a howling success
  • a marvelous collection of rare books
  • had a rattling conversation about politics
  • a tremendous achievement

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fantastic, grand, howling(a), marvelous, marvellous, rattling(a), terrific, tremendous, wonderful

Antonyms: none provided

4

adverb

Meaning 4

(used as an intensifier) extremely well

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • her voice is superbly disciplined
  • the colors changed wondrously slowly

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: wonderfully, wondrously, superbly, toppingly, marvellously, terrifically, marvelously

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English wondrous, alteration after the suffix -ous of Middle English wonders (“wondrous, wonderful”, adjective), from Old English wundres (“of wonder”), genitive singular of wundor (“wonder, miracle”), from Proto-Germanic *wundrą (“wonder”). Compare Dutch wonder, German Wunder.

Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: цудо́ўны (cudówny) — amazing, inspiring awe
  • Bulgarian: удивителен (udivitelen) — amazing, inspiring awe
  • Bulgarian: изумителен (izumitelen) — amazing, inspiring awe
  • Catalan: meravellós — amazing, inspiring awe
  • Esperanto: mirinda — amazing, inspiring awe
  • Finnish: ihmeellinen — amazing, inspiring awe
  • Finnish: vaikuttava — amazing, inspiring awe
  • French: merveilleux — amazing, inspiring awe
  • Georgian: სასწაულებრივი (sasc̣aulebrivi) — amazing, inspiring awe
  • Georgian: საუცხოო (saucxoo) — amazing, inspiring awe
  • German: wunderbar — amazing, inspiring awe
  • German: wundersam — amazing, inspiring awe
  • German: erstaunlich — amazing, inspiring awe
  • German: verwunderlich — amazing, inspiring awe
  • Greek: θαυμάσιος (thavmásios) — amazing, inspiring awe
  • Hebrew: פִּלְאִי (pil'í) — amazing, inspiring awe
  • Italian: meraviglioso — amazing, inspiring awe
  • Latin: mirabilis — amazing, inspiring awe
  • Māori: whakamīharo — amazing, inspiring awe
  • Māori: autaia — amazing, inspiring awe
  • Norwegian: underfull — amazing, inspiring awe
  • Norwegian: vidunderlig — amazing, inspiring awe
  • Portuguese: maravilhoso — amazing, inspiring awe
  • Romanian: minunat — amazing, inspiring awe
  • Russian: изуми́тельный (izumítelʹnyj) — amazing, inspiring awe
  • Russian: порази́тельный (porazítelʹnyj) — amazing, inspiring awe
  • Russian: удиви́тельный (udivítelʹnyj) — amazing, inspiring awe
  • Russian: чуде́сный (čudésnyj) — amazing, inspiring awe
  • Russian: дивный (divnyj) — amazing, inspiring awe
  • Russian: невиданный (nevidannyj) — amazing, inspiring awe
  • Spanish: maravilloso — amazing, inspiring awe
  • German: bemerkenswert — remarkably
  • Romanian: remarcabil — remarkably
  • Russian: удиви́тельно (udivítelʹno) — remarkably
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