wonderful

[wuhn-der-fuhl] / ˈwʌn dər fəl /

ADJECTIVE

great, extraordinary

Synonyms

STRONGEST

admirable amazing astonishing awesome brilliant cool enjoyable excellent fabulous fantastic fine incredible magnificent marvelous outstanding phenomenal pleasant pleasing remarkable sensational strange superb surprising terrific tremendous wondrous

WEAK

astounding awe-inspiring divine dynamite groovy miraculous peachy prime something else staggering startling stupendous super swell too much unheard-of

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bad believable common dark disagreeable dull expected familiar hateful inferior insignificant little nasty normal ordinary plain poor regular second-rate small tiny typical unamazing unexceptional unhappy unpleasant unremarkable unworthy usual

WEAK

lousy rotten

Example Sentences

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And Jason, of course, is so wonderful, and we had such a great time doing the scenes because we just would laugh — they’re funny.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

It is with this skewed mindset that Caitlin Clark had taken a wonderful connection and cheapened it by acting like an entitled kid in an AAU tournament.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

"It was the highlight of my career because I used to watch Pele, the master in his method. Just a wonderful, wonderful experience."

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

"The Akhal-Teke is a wonderful sport horse," a retired vet, 66-year-old Sapargeldy, told AFP at the prize ceremony, declining to give his surname.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

She should have said something to calm Major Puff’s nerves, but the truth was, all that brushing of her fur felt wonderful.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

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