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Synonyms for phenomenon

15 synonyms
3 antonyms
2 meanings

noun

Most common

miracle spectacle anomaly oddity phenom magician

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Miracle — A fact or event considered very unusual, curious, or astonishing by those who witness it

miracle, wonder, oddity, anomaly, appearance, marvel, spectacle, curiosity, sight

2. Prodigy — A wonderful or very remarkable person or thing

prodigy, legend, phenom

Other

event, object, magician

Antonyms

thing-in-itself, potential, noumenon

All antonyms of phenomenon →

Definitions

n. 1
A fact or event considered very unusual, curious, or astonishing by those who witness it.
n. 2
A wonderful or very remarkable person or thing.

Related words

Word family: phenom phenomenal phenomenalistic phenomenally phene
Phrases: impostor phenomenon unexplained aerial phenomenon unidentified aerial phenomenon nutcracker phenomenon rebound phenomenon rocking horse phenomenon windscreen phenomenon windshield phenomenon

Forms

Plural: phenomenons → miracles, wonders, oddities, anomalies…

Example sentences

miracle To many people, it was nothing short of a miracle.
spectacle I've already made enough of a spectacle of myself.
anomaly Do you consider a tornado an anomaly of nature?
magician Do you really believe that this guy is a magician?

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
phenomenon		steady
miracle		rising
spectacle		rising
anomaly		falling
oddity		rising
phenom		rising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters: event², sight¹
6 letters: wonder², object², legend², marvel², oddity³, phenom²
7 letters: miracle³, anomaly⁴, prodigy³
8 letters: magician³
9 letters: curiosity⁵, spectacle³
10 letters: appearance³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (event² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: phénomène
Italiano: fenomeno
Español: fenómeno
Deutsch: Phänomen