What does wonderful mean?

Definitions for wonderful
ˈwʌn dər fəlwon·der·ful

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word wonderful.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. fantastic, grand, howling(a), marvelous, marvellous, rattling(a), terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrousadjective

    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"

Wiktionary

  1. wonderfuladjective

    Tending to excite wonder; surprising, extraordinary.

  2. wonderfuladjective

    Surprisingly excellent; very good or admirable, extremely impressive.

    They served a wonderful six-course meal.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Wonderfuladjective

    Admirable; strange; astonishing.

    Etymology: wonder and full

    I uttered that which I understood not, things too wonderful for me which I knew not. Job xlii. 3.

    Strange
    Hath been the cause, and wonderful to hear. John Milton.

    All this is very wonderful, William Shakespeare multiplies miracle upon miracle to bring about the same event in the play, which chance with more propriety performs in the novel. Shak. Illust.

  2. Wonderfuladverb

    To a wonderful degree. Improperly used.

    The house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great. 2 Chron. ii. 9.

Wikipedia

  1. Wonderful

    Wonderful is a song by British singer-songwriter and producer Angel. It was first released in the United Kingdom on 15 July 2012 as the second single from his debut studio album About Time (2013), debuting at number twenty for the week ending 28 July, reaching a peak of number nine several weeks later.

ChatGPT

  1. wonderful

    Wonderful is an adjective that describes something or someone as extremely pleasing, impressive, or remarkable, often evoking feelings of admiration, delight, or joy. It conveys a sense of excellence, greatness, or beauty in a manner that exceeds ordinary expectations or standards.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Wonderfuladjective

    adapted to excite wonder or admiration; surprising; strange; astonishing

Wikidata

  1. Wonderful

    "Wonderful" is a song written by Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks, for the American rock band The Beach Boys, about a young woman and her steadfast embrace of adolescence through the loss of her own virginity. It was to be included on the ill-fated 1966–1967 Smile album. A minimalist version was released on their 1967 album Smiley Smile. A re-recording was later released as a single for Brian Wilson's 2004 album Smile. The song has been covered by a variety of independent artists, including Adventures In Stereo, Nikki Sudden, and Outrageous Cherry.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'wonderful' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2356

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'wonderful' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1112

  3. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'wonderful' in Adjectives Frequency: #278

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of wonderful in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of wonderful in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of wonderful in a Sentence

  1. Burt Ward:

    Nothing ever changed, we were exactly the same after the first three minutes we met. We were both very fun-loving people and got along so well. We were such good friends that when we weren’t filming, we would occasionally go out on the weekends and play tennis… He was everything off-stage that he was on-screen. He was such a wonderful man.

  2. Stan Lee:

    It's wonderful on one level to see the things I love being shared by so many people.

  3. Michael Berry:

    We provided copies of previous reviews which are all glowing, they talk about what a wonderful coach he is. It’s like getting straight A’s and then getting an F. Obviously, there is something more to this.

  4. Caius Petronius, Roman Consul, 66 A.D.:

    We trained hard, but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams we would be reorganised.  I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganising: and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress, while producing confusion, inefficiency and demoralisation.

  5. Officer Sutton:

    He's an amazing kid, he's got a big heart, too, just like his dad. And it's extremely important to us to see him go on and be happy and live a wonderful life.

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