wonderful

The word “wonderful” means extremely good, impressive, or pleasing. In plain terms, excellent, delightful, or admirable.

“Wonderful” is pronounced WUHN-duhfl (/ˈwʌndɚfl̩/ in IPA).

Here is “wonderful” used in a sentence: “We had a wonderful time at the wedding.”

Words with a similar meaning to “wonderful” include awesome, based, beat, beatific, bewildering and blissful.

The opposite of “wonderful” — its antonyms — are boring, common, disgusting, dull and horrible.

“Wonderful” is an adjective.

The word “wonderful” comes from Old English. From Old English wundorful, literally "full of wonder" — from wonder plus -ful.

“Wonderful” is a very common word in modern English, usually learned at around the A1 level.

Both are strong words of praise. Wonderful stresses how pleasing, delightful, or good something is, leaving a warm feeling. Amazing stresses surprise or astonishment, that something exceeds expectations. A wonderful meal was thoroughly enjoyable; an amazing feat was hard to believe. They often overlap, but the emphasis differs slightly.

Yes, wonderful is strongly positive. It expresses warm approval and delight, describing something extremely good, impressive, or pleasing, as in 'a wonderful holiday' or 'wonderful news'. It is one of the most enthusiastic everyday compliments in English, though heavy sarcasm can occasionally flip its meaning in casual speech.

The opposite of wonderful is terrible or awful, describing something extremely bad rather than pleasing. Other antonyms include dreadful, horrible, and appalling. Milder opposites, such as ordinary, dull, or unremarkable, simply mean something falls short of being impressive without being outright bad.

Not at all. Although wonderful expresses high praise, it is common in ordinary conversation, from 'a wonderful idea' to 'you look wonderful'. Because it is used so freely, it can sound routine rather than extreme. For genuinely rare events, some writers choose a fresher word to keep the praise vivid.