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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They might smell wonderful and taste delicious, but they are literally deadly.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 21, 2026

Reality would return the next morning — but for one night, for a few hours, life was wonderful for Mexican Americans, and better days ahead seemed possible.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026

Following an encouraging first-day performance from a team without captain Ben Stokes, England surrendered the initiative through strange tactics, a crucial dropped catch and a wonderful maiden Test century from Glenn Phillips.

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026

The wonderful thing about the uncluttered time that micro-retreats offer is that you can devote it to whatever you crave most.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 14, 2026

Like I said, “Hubbell” rhymes with “trouble,” and to my mind, Rae Ellen was anything but wonderful.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

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