Meaning

2 senses
  1. Tending to excite wonder; surprising, extraordinary.

    His delusion was not wonderful, but most natural.

    It is not wonderful that Mrs Smith declined to visit the beer garden, in view of her militant temperance. [=It is no wonder that she declined.]

  2. Surprisingly excellent; very good or admirable, extremely impressive.

    They served a wonderful six-course meal.

    What appears to be wonderful may turn out to be anything but.

    wunderbar, wundervoll

    замеча́тельныйzamečátelʹnyj, чуде́сныйčudésnyj, восхити́тельныйvosxitítelʹnyj

    вражаючийvražajučyj, чудовийčudovyj

More definitions
  • extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers

Examples

922 sentences
  1. Thank you for the wonderful meal.

    Дякую за чудову їжу.

    ruСпасибо за чудесную еду.

    deDanke für das wunderbare Essen.

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  2. Thank you for the wonderful dinner.

    Дякую тобі за чудовий обід.

    ruБлагодарю вас за великолепный ужин.

    deDanke für das fabelhafte Abendessen.

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  3. She gave me a wonderful present.

    Вона зробила мені чудовий подарунок.

    ruОна сделала мне чудесный подарок.

    deSie gab mir ein wunderbares Geschenk.

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  4. Tom brought me a wonderful gift.

    Том приніс мені чудовий подарунок.

    ruТом принёс мне чудесный подарок.

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  5. The view from this room is wonderful.

    Вид, що відкривається з цієї кімнати, чудовий.

    ruВид из этой комнаты чудесный.

    deDer Ausblick aus diesem Zimmer ist wundervoll.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
excellent, extremely impressive:
Русский
By meaning 1
excellent, extremely impressive:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
excellent, extremely impressive:

Origin

From Middle English wonderful, wondirful, from Old English wundorful (“wonderful”), from P

From Middle English wonderful, wondirful, from Old English wundorful (“wonderful”), from Proto-West Germanic *wundrafull, equivalent to wonder + -ful. Cognate Dutch wondervol (“wonderful”), German wundervoll (“wonderful”). Compare Old English wuldorfull (“glorious”).

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Forms

wonderfuller/wonderfuler/more wonderful, wonderfullest/wonderfulest/most wonderful

Synonyms

189 synonyms

Antonyms

21 antonyms

Word family

10 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • had a wonderful
  • a wonderful time
  • is a wonderful
  • wonderful time
  • wonderful time in
  • a wonderful job
  • what a wonderful
  • wonderful time when
  • wonderful job
  • a wonderful day
  • a wonderful idea
  • wonderful meal

See also

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