wonder

wonder
Synonyms and related words:
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

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  • Wonder — may refer to: * Wonder (emotion) * Wonder Woman, DC comics Amazonian superheroine or the 1970s television series based on the comic * The Seven Wonders of the World * The television series Small Wonder * The television series The Wonder Years *… …   Wikipedia

  • Wonder — Уандер Полное имя Уэйн Гарднер Страна …   Википедия

  • wonder — n 1 Wonder, marvel, prodigy, miracle, phenomenon can all mean something that causes astonishment or admiration. Wonder applies specifically to whatever excites surprise, astonishment, or amazement (as by its perfection, its greatness, or its… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Wonder — Won der, n. [OE. wonder, wunder, AS. wundor; akin to D. wonder, OS. wundar, OHG. wuntar, G. wunder, Icel. undr, Sw. & Dan. under, and perhaps to Gr. ? to gaze at.] [1913 Webster] 1. That emotion which is excited by novelty, or the presentation to …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • wonder — [wun′dər] n. [ME < OE wundor, akin to Ger wunder: only in Gmc] 1. a person, thing, or event that causes astonishment and admiration; prodigy; marvel 2. the feeling of surprise, admiration, and awe aroused by something strange, unexpected,… …   English World dictionary

  • wonder — ► NOUN 1) a feeling of surprise and admiration, caused by something beautiful, unexpected, or unfamiliar. 2) a person or thing that causes such a feeling. 3) (before another noun ) having remarkable properties or abilities: a wonder drug. ► VERB… …   English terms dictionary

  • Wonder — Won der, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wondered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wondering}.] [AS. wundrian.] [1913 Webster] 1. To be affected with surprise or admiration; to be struck with astonishment; to be amazed; to marvel. [1913 Webster] I could not sufficiently… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • wonder — [n1] amazement admiration, astonishment, awe, bewilderment, concern, confusion, consternation, curiosity, doubt, fascination, fear, incredulity, jar, jolt, marveling, perplexity, perturbation, puzzlement, reverence, shock, skepticism, start,… …   New thesaurus

  • Wonder — ist der Name von Erich Wonder (* 1944), österreichischer Bühnenbildner Stevie Wonder (* 1950; eigentlich Steveland Hardaway Judkins Morris), US amerikanischen Pop und Soul Sänger, Komponist sowie Multiinstrumentalist Diese Seite ist eine …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • wonder — (n.) O.E. wundor marvelous thing, marvel, the object of astonishment, from P.Gmc. *wundran (Cf. O.S. wundar, M.Du., Du. wonder, O.H.G. wuntar, Ger. wunder, O.N. undr), of unknown origin. In M.E. it also came to mean the emotion associated with… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Wonder — Won der, a. Wonderful. [Obs.] Gower. [1913 Webster] After that he said a wonder thing. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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