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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"It's the most wonderful race, I love that race. I've done it four times now. I've beaten a few horses, but I've never beaten them all," Raworth told BBC Radio Wales.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

The performances are first-rate, Ms. Bruccoleri above all, though Ms. Varma is wonderful.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

Former Times Sports Editor “Journalist Bill Dwyre” makes it clear in his wonderful recent column about Bill Shoemaker, Ferdinand and the 1986 Kentucky Derby that he has not “gone the Leonard Tose route.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2026

A wonderful break of 82 from Murphy ensured the players could not be separated at the mid-session interval.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

“Fred!” she cried—and Alex, who had never seen anything quite as ugly and wonderful as a marine iguana, said, “I’m sorry I called you a poodle.”

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr

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