WONDERFUL

fantastic, grand, howling, marvelous, marvellous, rattling, terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous

(adjective) extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers; “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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

wonderful (comparative wonderfuller or wonderfuler or more wonderful, superlative wonderfulest or most wonderful)

Tending to excite wonder; surprising, extraordinary.

Surprisingly excellent; very good or admirable, extremely impressive.

Synonyms

• (excellent, extremely impressive): great, amazing, astonishing, incredible, marvelous, fantastic, frabjous, mint

• See also wonderful

• See also excellent

Antonyms

• (excellent, extremely impressive): terrible, horrible

Adverb

wonderful (not comparable)

(dialect) Exceedingly, to a great extent.

Anagrams

• underflow, wondreful

Source: Wiktionary

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Won"der*ful, a.

Definition: Adapted to excite wonder or admiration; surprising; strange; astonishing.

Syn.

– Marvelous; amazing. See Marvelous.

– Won"der*ful*ly, adv.

– Won"der*ful*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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