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. Purvi Raniga:

    When we learn to celebrate everything, every moment, every decision and every day, we will create most amazing and wonderful memories which we will cherish for lifetime.

  2. Noel Monk:

    Eddie was having a lot of problems at that time, after they got married, he had drank too much, he had done too much. They went from the church to the reception. It was a beautiful mansion with wonderful people, but I couldn’t find Eddie. I couldn’t find Valerie. So I went looking for them and found them in the bathroom upstairs… Valerie was soothing him. It was certainly understandable. It didn’t impact their marriage. It certainly didn’t dictate the way things might turned out.’ The marriage lasted for almost two decades until their divorce in 2007, but the band was crumbling much sooner than that. There were mountains of cocaine and ever-flowing booze involved, but Van Halen was also led by a flamboyant singer with a fearsome Jekyll and Hyde personality. David Lee Roth in London. (Courtesy of Noel Monk).

  3. Julie Sanderson:

    As women who are incarcerated, lots of them are very timid, when they answer you, they don’t look at you and stand up straight, in the real world that’s an important skill, it’s important that they see the value in themselves, and that they know they can do something wonderful.

  4. Maat Morrison:

    Live life, because when you stop and look around, you see a wonderful world.

  5. Tom Otto:

    We have to do something with this, as far as I'm concerned, with people not having enough money to even buy food, i mean, it's a big deal in this country -- people, I don't think realize how bad it is. You know, you come to the farmers market, looks wonderful, but how many people can afford it ?

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