Wonder

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One that arouses awe, astonishment, surprise, or admiration; a marvel: "The decision of one age or country is a wonder to another” ( John Stuart Mill).
  • n. The emotion aroused by something awe-inspiring, astounding, or marvelous: gazed with wonder at the northern lights.
  • n. An event inexplicable by the laws of nature; a miracle.
  • n. A feeling of puzzlement or doubt.
  • n. A monumental human creation regarded with awe, especially one of seven monuments of the ancient world that appeared on various lists of late antiquity.
  • verb-intransitive. To have a feeling of awe or admiration; marvel: "She wondered at all the things civilization can teach a woman to endure” ( Frances Newman).
  • verb-intransitive. To have a feeling of surprise.
  • verb-intransitive. To be filled with curiosity or doubt.
  • v. To feel curiosity or be in doubt about: wondered what happened.
  • adj. Arousing awe or admiration.
  • adj. Wonderful.
  • adj. Far superior to anything formerly recognized or foreseen.
  • idiom. for a wonder As a cause for surprise; surprisingly.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Something that causes amazement or awe, a marvel.
  • n. Something astonishing and seemingly inexplicable.
  • n. Someone very talented at something, a genius.
  • n. The sense or emotion which can be inspired by something curious or unknown.
  • n. A mental pondering, a thought.
  • v. To ponder about something.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. That emotion which is excited by novelty, or the presentation to the sight or mind of something new, unusual, strange, great, extraordinary, or not well understood; surprise; astonishment; admiration; amazement.
  • n. A cause of wonder; that which excites surprise; a strange thing; a prodigy; a miracle.
  • verb-intransitive. To be affected with surprise or admiration; to be struck with astonishment; to be amazed; to marvel.
  • verb-intransitive. To feel doubt and curiosity; to wait with uncertain expectation; to query in the mind.
  • adj. Wonderful.
  • ad. Wonderfully.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A strange tiling; a cause of surprise, astonishment, or admiration; in a restricted sense, a miracle; a marvel, prodigy, or portent.
  • n. That emotion which is excited by novelty, or the presentation to the sight or mind of something new, unusual, strange, great, extraordinary, not well understood, or that arrests the attention by its novelty, grandeur, or inexplicitbleness.
  • n. A cruller.
  • n. =Syn.1. Sign, marvel, phenomenon, spectacle, rarity.
  • n. Surprise, bewilderment. See def. 2.
  • To be affected with wonder or surprise; marvel; be amazed: formerly with a reflexive dative.
  • To look with or feel admiration.
  • To entertain some doubt or curiosity in reference to some matter; speculate expectantly; be in a state of expectation mingled with doubt and slight anxiety or wistfulness: as, I wonder whether we shall reach the place in time: hence, I wonder is often equivalent to ‘I should like to know.’
  • To be curious about; wish to know; speculate in regard to: as, I wonder where John has gone.
  • To surprise; amaze.
  • Wonderful.
  • Wonderfully; exceedingly; very.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
  • v. be amazed at
  • v. place in doubt or express doubtful speculation
  • v. have a wish or desire to know something
  • n. a state in which you want to learn more about something
  • n. something that causes feelings of wonder
  • Verb Form
    wondered    wonderfulness    wondering    wonders   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    respond    react    occurrent    happening    occurrence    natural event   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    surprise    astonishment    admiration    amazement    prodigy    miracle    marvel    wonderful    wonderfully   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    asunder    blunder    funder    plunder    sunder    thunder    under    wunder   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    astonishment    joy    curiosity    horror    excitement    beauty    mystery    anger