Definitions

miraculous

[mi-rak-yuh-luhs] / mɪˈræk yə ləs /

ADJECTIVE

surprisingly wonderful

Synonyms

STRONGEST

amazing astonishing astounding awesome extraordinary freakish incredible inexplicable magical marvelous monstrous phenomenal spectacular strange superhuman supernatural unbelievable unreal wondrous

WEAK

anomalous fabulous heavy numinous preternatural prodigious staggering stupefying stupendous superior supermundane supranatural thaumaturgic the utmost unaccountable unearthly unimaginable wonderworking

Antonyms

STRONGEST

average believable boring common credible dull expected familiar genuine natural normal ordinary plausible real regular standard unamazing usual

Example Sentences

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How these folk are still standing up straight is a miraculous thing.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

It worked for Reaves, who made a miraculous comeback from a Grade 2 left oblique muscle strain one day shy of four weeks.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

And it took decades of pioneering research and miraculous scientific breakthroughs to build the systems now in chip factories.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

Both the car repairs and storage shed were expensive, and they needed a miraculous financial windfall to afford it.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026

The only escape from this pain was to keep walking and hope for something miraculous.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah

Vocabulary lists containing miraculous

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

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