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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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If his first was a miraculous thunderblast, his second was a thing of subtlety and cheek after Dane Murray took a swipe when trying to deal with Nico Raskin's cross.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

While the motives that drive a knight are often human, political, or both, the logic is as miraculous and irrational as a muddy hedge knight crawling out from under a fallen dragon.

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2026

But even they couldn’t have imagined Randall and Diggins winning their miraculous Olympic relay gold until they watched it happen in Pyeongchang.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

He is a mediocrity while the jejune young man running riot in the palace is a miraculous, world-changing prodigy.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

In Jamaica, the Daily called my performance miraculous.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.