Synonyms for marvelous
- adjective
- American English
Most common
wonderful fantastic incredible stupendous priceless miraculous
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Wonderful
wonderful, fantastic, incredible, stupendous, wondrous, extraordinary, amazing, terrific, beautiful, brilliant, glorious, awesome, prodigious, phenomenal, astounding, astonishing, unbelievable, tremendous, portentous, heavenly, strange, grand
2. Improbable
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful.
I went to a marvelous party last week.
- adj. 2
Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful.
I went to a marvellous party last week.
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- marvellous UK
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We speak of a thing as wonderful when it awakens our surprise and admiration; as marvelous when it is so much out of the ordinary course of things as to seem nearly or quite incredible.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Example sentences
- wonderful The music we listened to last night was wonderful.
- fantastic It would be fantastic if you could do that for me.
- incredible It's incredible how long Mary can hold her breath!
- stupendous Winning the contest is a stupendous achievement.
- priceless Giving birth to newborns is a priceless life gift.
- miraculous Muslims believe in the miraculous birth of Jesus.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| marvelous | steady | |
| wonderful | rising | |
| fantastic | rising | |
| incredible | rising | |
| stupendous | steady | |
| priceless | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- tall1
- 5 letters
- grand1
- 7 letters
- amazing3, awesome2, strange1
- 8 letters
- glorious3, terrific3, heavenly3, wondrous2
- 9 letters
- beautiful3, wonderful3, fantastic3, brilliant2, priceless2
- 10 letters
- incredible4, tremendous3, phenomenal4, astounding3, miraculous4, improbable4, prodigious3, stupendous3, portentous3
- 11 letters
- astonishing4
- 12 letters
- unbelievable5, supernatural5
- 13 letters
- extraordinary6
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (amazing3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- merveilleux
- Italiano
- meraviglioso
- Español
- maravilloso
- Català
- meravellós