Wonder

Noun

 * 1) Something that causes amazement or awe, a marvel.
 * 2) Something astonishing and seemingly inexplicable.
 * The idea was so crazy that it is a wonder that anyone went along with it.
 * 1) Someone very talented at something, a genius.
 * He's a wonder at cooking.
 * 1)  A mental pondering, a thought.
 * 2) * 1934, Katharine Tynan, The house of dreams
 * Miss Paynter had a little wonder as to whether the man, as she called Mr. Lacy in her own mind, had ever been admitted to this room. She thought not.

Derived terms

 * bewonder
 * boy wonder
 * girl wonder
 * gutless wonder
 * nine day wonder
 * no wonder
 * one hit wonder
 * 90-day wonder
 * small wonder
 * Wonder Woman


 * wonderberry
 * wonderboy
 * wonderbra
 * wonderchild
 * wonderdrug
 * wonderland
 * wonderment
 * wonderous
 * wonderworker
 * work wonders

Verb

 * 1) To ponder about something.
 * I wonder whether it is possible to find an easy and effective solution.

Derived terms

 * wonderer

Adjectives for Wonder
natural; varied (pi); small; breathing; envious; utmost; ignorant; lying; listening; breathless; midnight; despairing; sickened; perplexed; sullen; admiring; prodigious; curling; universal; elderly; loving; ornithological; vague; admiring; scornful; peerless; unreasoning; troubled; stupid; reverent; unimaginative; dramatic; lustrous; incredulous; estimable; unearthed; perpetual; isolated; speculative; special; snaky; late; scientific;  supernatural;   overwhelming; comedy; half-reproachful; silent; effusive.

Verbs for Wonder
acclaim—; bare—s; delve into—s; disclose —s; excite—; explore—s; gain—; gape at —; hail—; inspire—; marvel at—; occasion ——; overcome with—; reveal—; stare with —; strike with—; —allures; —amazes; — astounds; —awes; —baffles; —bewilders; —dazzles; —dumbfounds; —mystifies; — petrifies; —startles.

Adverbs for Wonder
confusedly; desperately; wistfully; anxiously; idly; uneasily; vaguely; irrelevantly; distractedly; detachedly; abjectly; capriciously; gloomily; blindly; ironically; uncomfortably; dazedly; sneeringly; miserably; enviously.

Thesaurus
admiration, agonize over, amaze, amazement, assailability, astonishing thing, astonishment, awe, be amazed, be astonished, be at sea, be innocent of, be uncertain, beat about, bewilderment, concern, coquet with, curiosity, cynosure, dabble, doubt, dubiety, enchantment, exception, fantasy, fear, feel unsure, ferlie, first-rater, flounder, gape, gawk, gaze, gazingstock, genius, give up, grope, have no idea, incertitude, know a little, know not, know not what, know nothing of, leading light, luminary, marvel, marveling, marvelment, miracle, mistrust, nonesuch, not know, not rightly know, pass, perplexity, phenomenon, portent, prodigy, puzzle over, puzzlement, question, quite a thing, rarity, reverence, scratch the surface, sensation, shock, sight, sign, skepticism, smatter, something else, spectacle, stand aghast, star, stare, stare openmouthed, stunner, superstar, suspicion, thrash about, topnotcher, toy with, virtuoso, vulnerability, wonder whether, wonderful thing, wonderment, wonderwork, wot not of

Etymology 1
wundor:

Etymology 2
Old English wundrian

Noun

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Catalan: meravella
 * Chinese: 奇蹟, 奇迹 (qíjī)
 * Croatian:
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Dyirbal: (Jirribal) mali?
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: 驚嘆 (きょうたん, kyōtan), 驚異
 * Korean: 놀라움 (nollaum), 경이 (gyeong-i)
 * Latin:, mirabilis
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: maajabu
 * Swedish: ,
 * West Frisian:


 * Armenian:


 * Romanian: minune
 * Scottish Gaelic:


 * Czech: podivení
 * Finnish: ihmettely
 * Latin: congitio, congitatio
 * Portuguese:


 * Russian:
 * Slovene: tuhtanje
 * Swahili: maajabu

Verb

 * Catalan: preguntar-se
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 想知道 (xiǎng zhīdào)
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech: podivovat se, uvažovat
 * Dutch: zich afvragen
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: תהה
 * Italian:


 * Latin:
 * Norwegian: undres
 * Portuguese:, perguntar-se
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbian: pitati se
 * Slovene: tuhtati
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: maajabu
 * Swedish:

Derived terms

 * wonderful
 * wonderment
 * no wonder..., little wonder... = it's not surprising then...

Anagrams

 * downer

Noun

 * 1) miracle

Synonyms

 * mirakel

Derived terms

 * wonderteken
 * wonderlijke

Anagrams

 * worden