wonder
Amazed curiosity state
Wonder is a feeling of amazement and curiosity, often tinged with admiration: The children gazed at the fireworks in wonder.
It can be the thing that provokes this feeling—the seven wonders of the ancient world, a one-hit wonder.
To wonder is to feel curiosity or uncertainty: I wonder what she meant by that.
No wonder means it's not surprising: No wonder he's tired—he worked all night.
Wonder as an adjective suggests remarkable effectiveness: wonder drug, wonder boy.
Overwhelming surprise and wonder
- astonishmentIntense sudden wonder
- breathtakingAstonishingly beautiful or exciting
- majesticImpressively dignified and beautiful
- grandeurImpressive splendor and scale
splendor · spectacular · sublime · reverence · marvel · magnificence · stupendous · jaw-dropping
Intense sudden wonder
- amazementOverwhelming surprise and wonder
- startledAbruptly surprised or alarmed
- gobsmackedExtremely astonished
- flabbergastedOverwhelmed with amazement
stunned · dumbfounded · incredulity · disbelief · thunderstruck · taken aback · speechless · unexpected
Conscious fantasy while awake
- fantasyImaginative mental wandering
- reverieAbstracted, pleasant daydream
- musingReflective contemplation
- enchantmentMagical influence over someone
make-believe · fairy tale · storybook · whimsy · dreaming · fanciful · fantasia · flights of fancy
Request for information
- questioningSeeking answers through inquiry
- explorationTraveling through unknown regions
- discoveryAct of finding something
- fascinationIntense absorbed interest
pondering · inquisitiveness · speculation · investigation · interest · probing · searching · musing
Seemingly impossible yet real
- supernaturalBeyond natural explanation
- inexplicableCannot be accounted for
- divineOf or from gods
- prodigyGifted youth with rare talent
phenomenon · extraordinary · unbelievable · incredible · marvelous · signs · portent · blessing
Something hard to fathom
- unknownNot yet discovered
- puzzleChallenge testing ingenuity
- riddlePuzzling question to solve
- crypticObscure in meaning
mystique · inscrutable · unfathomable · inexplicable · secrets · hidden · veiled · arcane
amazement
Overwhelming surprise and wonder
- astonishmentIntense sudden wonder
- breathtakingAstonishingly beautiful or exciting
- majesticImpressively dignified and beautiful
grandeur · splendor · spectacular · sublime · reverence · marvel · magnificence · stupendous · jaw-dropping · overwhelming
astonishment
Intense sudden wonder
- amazementOverwhelming surprise and wonder
- startledAbruptly surprised or alarmed
- gobsmackedExtremely astonished
flabbergasted · stunned · dumbfounded · incredulity · disbelief · thunderstruck · taken aback · speechless · unexpected · shock
daydream
Conscious fantasy while awake
- fantasyImaginative mental wandering
- reverieAbstracted, pleasant daydream
- musingReflective contemplation
enchantment · make-believe · fairy tale · storybook · whimsy · dreaming · fanciful · fantasia · flights of fancy · castles in the air
inquiry
Request for information
- questioningSeeking answers through inquiry
- explorationTraveling through unknown regions
- discoveryAct of finding something
fascination · pondering · inquisitiveness · speculation · investigation · interest · probing · searching · musing · contemplation
miraculous
Seemingly impossible yet real
- supernaturalBeyond natural explanation
- inexplicableCannot be accounted for
- divineOf or from gods
prodigy · phenomenon · extraordinary · unbelievable · incredible · marvelous · signs · portent · blessing · otherworldly
enigma
Something hard to fathom
cryptic · mystique · inscrutable · unfathomable · inexplicable · secrets · hidden · veiled · arcane · esoteric
- emotionsjoy, anger, fear, sadness, love
- Human Experienceslove, death, birth, joy, sorrow
- interestinterest rate, compound interest, simple interest, accrued interest, curiosity
- experiencesadventure, journey, moment, event, feeling
- W wordswater, walk, wind, wood, world
- astonishmentamazement, awe, awestruck, astonished, stunned
wonderboredom
Weary disinterest from monotony
indifference · apathy · incuriosity · ennui · tedium
wonderknow
Possess information with certainty
certainty · knowledge · conviction · assurance · foreknowledge
wondercommonplace
Unremarkable and frequent
mundanity · ordinariness · familiarity · banality · triviality
- no wonderExpression acknowledging obviousness
- I wonderExpress curiosity aloud
- winter wonderlandPicturesque snowy scene
- work wondersAccomplish extraordinary things
- one-hit wonderArtist famous for one song
- just wonderingExpressing casual curiosity
wonderful, wondering, wondered, wonderfully, wonders, wondrous, wonder-worker, wonderment, wonderland