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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But it’s wonderful to watch her chart her own destiny.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

“If you develop a wonderful protocol,” she told Time, “it’s useless if nobody uses it.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

But for that last line to truly be wonderful, the whole movie before it has a job to do.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

As recently as Thursday morning, Trump was defending Bondi, saying: "She is a wonderful person and she is doing a good job."

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

“But I’m sure you already know all about how wonderful your mom is. Now let’s see that leg.”

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison