Synonyms for wonderful
- adjective
- adverb
Most common
fantastic terrific phenomenal wondrous astounding astonishing
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Fantastic — surprisingly excellent; very good or admirable, extremely impressive
fantastic, marvelous US, marvellous UK, amazing informal, terrific, phenomenal, awesome informal, wondrous, great informal, gurt UK, beautiful, remarkable, stunning, incredible, extraordinary, good, splendid, stupendous, brilliant UK, superb, magnificent, admirable, glorious, fascinating
2. Astounding — tending to excite wonder; surprising, extraordinary
astounding, astonishing, surprising, tremendous, grand, bewildering, stupefying, rattling, howling, groovy slang dated
Adverb
Definitions
- adj. 1
Tending to excite wonder; surprising, extraordinary.
His delusion was not wonderful, but most natural.
- adj. 2
Surprisingly excellent; very good or admirable, extremely impressive.
They served a wonderful six-course meal.
- adv. 1
Exceedingly, to a great extent.
Related words
- Word family
- wonderfully wonderfulness wonder wonderland wonderment wondrous
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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
- fantastic It would be fantastic if you could do that for me.
- terrific "You look terrific. Did you lose weight?" "I wish."
- phenomenal He lifted the car with his phenomenal strength.
- wondrous Everything was bathed in a wondrous blue light.
- astonishing It's astonishing how fluently Bill spoke Japanese.
- astounding The diversity of flowers in this area is astounding.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| wonderful | rising | |
| fantastic | rising | |
| terrific | rising | |
| phenomenal | steady | |
| wondrous | rising | |
| astonishing | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- good1, gurt
- 5 letters
- great1, grand1
- 6 letters
- superb2, groovy2
- 7 letters
- amazing3, awesome2, howling2
- 8 letters
- stunning2, glorious3, terrific3, splendid2, rattling2, wondrous2
- 9 letters
- beautiful3, fantastic3, brilliant2, marvelous3, admirable4
- 10 letters
- incredible4, remarkable4, surprising3, tremendous3, phenomenal4, astounding3, marvellous3, stupendous3, stupefying, wondrously
- 11 letters
- fascinating4, magnificent4, astonishing4, wonderfully4, bewildering4
- 13 letters
- extraordinary6
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (superb2 = 2 syllables).