Synonyms for wondrous
- adjective
- adverb
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Wonderful — wonderful; amazing, inspiring awe; marvelous
wonderful, marvelous US, marvellous UK, extraordinary, stupendous, incredible, amazing, phenomenal, miraculous, astonishing, fascinating, astounding, fantastic, awesome, prodigious, fabulous, bewildering, terrific, grand, sensational, tremendous, rattling, howling
Other
goshwow slang dated
Adverb
wondrously, wonderfully, marvelously US, marvellously UK, terrifically, superbly, toppingly dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Wonderful; amazing, inspiring awe; marvelous.
We all stared open-mouthed at the wondrous sight.
- adv. 1
In a wonderful degree; remarkably; wondrously.
Example sentences
- wonderful The music we listened to last night was wonderful.
- incredible It's incredible how long Mary can hold her breath!
- extraordinary Boris had an extraordinary talent in martial arts.
- stupendous Winning the contest is a stupendous achievement.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| wondrous | rising | |
| wonderful | rising | |
| incredible | rising | |
| extraordinary | steady | |
| stupendous | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- grand1
- 7 letters
- amazing3, awesome2, howling2, goshwow
- 8 letters
- fabulous3, terrific3, rattling2, superbly3
- 9 letters
- wonderful3, fantastic3, marvelous3, toppingly
- 10 letters
- incredible4, tremendous3, phenomenal4, astounding3, marvellous3, miraculous4, prodigious3, stupendous3, wondrously
- 11 letters
- fascinating4, astonishing4, sensational4, wonderfully4, bewildering4, marvelously4
- 12 letters
- marvellously, terrifically4
- 13 letters
- extraordinary6
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (amazing3 = 3 syllables).