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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Thomas Frank had a wonderful seven-year spell in charge of Brentford, benefiting from the co-operation of a unified club.

From BBC • 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

Tom Nolan notes that the author “interweaves her endearing characters’ voices in wonderful ways” in her arresting debut work.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

The teams got invaluable data — and some wonderful video too.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 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

wonderful

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