wonderful

wonderful
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. miraculous, marvelous, amazing, astounding;. great, swell, dandy; colossal, terrific (all inf.). See wonder, goodness.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
1. [Exciting wonder]
Syn. amazing, astonishing, incredible; see unusual 1 , 2 .
2. [Worthy of admiration]
Syn. fine, enjoyable, pleasing; see excellent , pleasant 2 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
1. marvelous amazing, astonishing, awesome, fascinating, unbelievable, miraculous, spectacular, curious, odd, *freaky.
2. excellent great, extraordinary, terrific, fantastic, fabulous, superb, sensational, firstrate, out of the ordinary, *out of this world.
ANT.: 1. *ho-hum, common, ordinary. 2. terrible, awful, lousy
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. So remarkable as to elicit disbelief: amazing, astonishing, astounding, fabulous, fantastic, fantastical, incredible, marvelous, miraculous, phenomenal, prodigious, stupendous, unbelievable, wondrous. See GOOD. 2. Particularly excellent: divine, fabulous, fantastic, fantastical, glorious, marvelous, sensational, splendid, superb, terrific. Informal: dandy, dreamy, great, ripping, super, swell, tremendous. Slang: cool, groovy, hot, keen1, neat, nifty. Idiom: out of this world. See GOOD.

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