wonderfulwon‧der‧ful /ˈwʌndəfəl $ -dər-/ ●●● S1 W2 adjective 
We had a wonderful time in Spain.► see thesaurus at good, nice2making you admire someone or something very much SYN amazing: It’s wonderful what doctors can do nowadays.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- You're lucky you have such wonderful kids.
- At the Dispensary the doctors and nurses are wonderful.
- I always had a wonderful time when we went, and not just because I was with Lois.
- In others, central research laboratories produce wonderful results which are of no use to the business.
- It's wonderful to have something ancient returned to use.
- It reminds me of those wonderful times when a play comes together and it is larger than its individual parts.
- Little Billy waved back and laughed and thought how wonderful it all was.
- The southwest tower is a wonderful instance of late Gothic work.
- Then, my dear Summerlee, it is that most wonderful of devices: a perpetual motion machine!
THESAURUSextremely good
extremely good: · Your English is excellent.· She’s a superb teacher.
especially spoken extremely good: · It’s a great film.· Her cooking is wonderful.· That’s a terrific idea!
British English especially spoken extremely good: · The play was absolutely brilliant.
extremely good, in a surprising and exciting way: · New York is an amazing place.· The skating has been incredible in this competition.
used about weather that is very pleasant and sunny: · It’s a beautiful day.· The weather was just glorious.
much better than other places, people etc: · an outstanding performance· The service is always first-class.
unusually good: · Occasionally, we get a student with exceptional talent.· a woman of exceptional beauty
especially American English informal very good: · The movie was awesome.
spoken to be extremely good: · Their chocolate cake is just out of this world!
describing something you like or enjoy especially spoken pleasant or enjoyable: · Did you have a nice day?· It was nice to be back home again.
especially British English informal very nice: · We had a lovely time at the beach.· The hotel was lovely.
informal if something is fun, you enjoy it: · The holiday was great fun.
giving you pleasure: · We had a very enjoyable evening.
very enjoyable: · It was a wonderful concert.· The food was wonderful.
(also brilliant British English) informal very enjoyable: · ‘How was the party?’ ‘It was great!’· We all had a brilliant time.
used about something that seems pleasant and has a lot of qualities that make you like it: · a charming little village in the Italian countryside· I thought the restaurant was rather charming.
formal very pleasant or enjoyable: · There are many delightful walks in the area.· a delightful evening
formal a pleasurable experience or feeling is one that you enjoy: · Shopping in the old city can be a pleasurable experience.· a pleasurable feeling of relief
extremely good or of very high quality: · His English was excellent.· an excellent piece of work
spoken extremely good. Great is less formal than excellent, and is the usual word to use in everyday spoken English: · ‘Did you have a good holiday?’ ‘It was great!’· He did a great job as captain.
spoken extremely good. These words sound even more excited than great or excellent: · ‘I passed my exam.’ ‘That’s fantastic!’· Last year Jess had a terrific season, averaging eleven points a game.· The trip will be a wonderful opportunity for the children.
extremely good in a surprising and exciting way: · an amazing view of Tokyo· The trip was an incredible experience.
extremely good – used especially when you are very impressed by something: · The acting was superb.· There is a superb range of cheeses.
of a high quality and much better than most others: · The service is first-class.· a first-class restaurant
extremely good – used when saying how well someone does something: · He’s an outstanding player.· It was an outstanding performance by a talented young actor.
unusually good – used when saying that someone or something is much better than any others: · She has an exceptional talent.· He writes good essays, but I wouldn’t say that his work is particularly exceptional.· Merits are given as an honour for exceptional achievement.
[not before noun] spoken informal used when saying that something is so good that it is better than anything you could have imagined: · The food is out of this world.
especially American English very good: · It was an awesome concert.
spoken extremely good, in a way that makes you feel excited and happy – used mainly in spoken English: · The view from the top was fantastic.· He did a fantastic job.· That’s a terrific idea!· ‘I passed!’ ‘That’s terrific!’
spoken extremely good – used mainly in spoken English: · Thanks for a great afternoon.· ‘Did you have a good holiday?' ’It was great!'
extremely good – used especially about the quality of something. Excellent is more formal than fantastic/terrific or great, and is used in both spoken and written English: · Our local theatre has put on some excellent productions.· It is an excellent film.
extremely good in a way that impresses you or makes you very pleased: · She is really a wonderful person.· That’s wonderful news!
British English, marvelous American English extremely good in a way that impresses you or makes you very pleased. Marvellous sounds a little old-fashioned, but is still fairly common: · We had a marvellous dinner at a little restaurant near the hotel.· Martino’s performance was marvelous.
extremely good in a surprising and exciting way: · Standing there on top of Mount Fuji was an amazing experience.
extremely good in a surprising and exciting way. Incredible is often used when something is so good that it almost seems unlikely: · What a goal! That was incredible!· It was an incredible moment - one that I will never forget.
British English informal extremely good: · ‘How was your trip?’ ‘Absolutely brilliant!’· What a brilliant idea!
used when saying that something is so good that you cannot imagine anything better: · Their desserts are out of this world.
Longman Language Activatorto enjoy doing something to get pleasure from doing something: · Did you enjoy the party?enjoy doing something: · My father always enjoyed playing golf at weekends.enjoy yourself (=do things that make you feel happy): · The park was full of people enjoying themselves in the sunshine.thoroughly/greatly enjoy: · Thanks for a lovely evening. I thoroughly enjoyed it.· Most of the students said that they had really enjoyed the day out.enjoy every minute/moment of something: · It was a wonderful vacation - we enjoyed every minute of it.enjoy something immensely especially British: · Parts of the play were extremely funny. I enjoyed it immensely.
to enjoy doing something, especially something that you do regularly or for a long time: · I don't like meetings, especially if they go on for too long.like doing something: · We liked living abroad. It was a wonderful experience.like to do something (=do something often or regularly because you enjoy it): · Nick likes to relax and read a book in the evenings.
especially spoken to enjoy doing something very much and get a lot of pleasure out of it: · Cassie works in the theatre, and she really loves it.love doing something: · Ben loves swimming, playing tennis, those kinds of thing.love to do something (=do something often or regularly because you enjoy it a lot): · She loved to sit in the park and feed the ducks.
especially spoken to enjoy yourself very much when you are with other people: · We had a great time last night - you should have come.· Did you have a good time at the beach?have a good/great etc time doing something: · The kids all had a wonderful time meeting up at each other's houses.
informal to enjoy yourself very much by going out a lot and spending a lot of money on social activities: · Pat spent most of his time at college going to parties and living it up.· I had saved about two thousand dollars, so I decided to whoop it up in Vegas before going home.
to enjoy yourself with other people, for example by relaxing, talking, or laughing with them: · I was having so much fun I forgot how late it was.have fun doing something: · We had fun trying to guess who Mike's new girlfriend was.
especially American, informal to have a very good time: · We went down to the Gulf Coast of Florida for spring break - we had a blast!
informal to enjoy yourself very much: · "Your vacation sounds fantastic.'' "We had the time of our lives!''have the time of your life/have a whale of a time doing something: · Alan was having the time of his life, playing to an admiring audience.· The kids all had a whale of a time, in and out of the pool all day.
to enjoy doing or seeing something: · I get a real kick out of watching my son learning to speak.· Jody got a kick out of trying some of the new video games.
something you like or enjoy very much · Did you have a good weekend?· It's one of the best books I've ever read.· That smells good. What are you cooking?· There's nothing good on TV these days.· This year's show was much better than last year's.very/really good · We enjoyed our trip to Canada. It was really good.
pleasant or enjoyable: · I hope you have a nice vacation.· Come over on Saturday. It would be nice to see you.very/really nice: · She made us a really nice dinner.
spoken also excellent extremely good: · Thanks for a great afternoon.· "Did you have a good holiday?'' "It was great!''· Our local theatre has put on some excellent productions.· an excellent film
so good that it could not be made any better: · It was a perfect day out.· This church is a perfect example of Gothic architecture.· "How was your holiday?'' "Oh, just perfect!''
spoken very good in a way that makes you feel happy or excited: · The kids had a marvellous time at the carnival.· You get a wonderful view of the mountains from here.· The special effects in the movie were just fantastic.· Their latest album's terrific.
very good in a surprising and exciting way: · Standing there on top of Mount Fuji was an amazing experience.· What a goal! That was just incredible!
spoken extremely good: · You should come to the new sports centre - it's brilliant.· "How was your trip?" "Absolutely brilliant!"
American spoken very good or enjoyable: · That's such a neat car.really neat: · The fireworks over Golden Gate Park were really neat.
spoken use this to say that something is so good, enjoyable etc, that it is almost the best you have ever experienced: · Her new apartment's out of this world!· This is the best soufflé I've ever tasted -- it's out of this world.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES They sell all sorts of weird and wonderful (=very strange) products.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
· For older people a pet cat can be a very good companion.
(=a very good excuse)· A wedding is a wonderful excuse to buy a new outfit.
· It's a great feeling when you try something new and it works.
· They’re getting married? That’s wonderful news!
· It's a great opportunity to try new things.
(=very impressive)· Tourists come for the winter sports and the spectacular scenery.
· There are breathtaking views from the top of the hill.
They sell all sorts of weird and wonderful (=very strange) products.· So sad, when you remember how wonderful she was, and how much she's always done for the village.· There was no denying, in any way; shape or form, just how wonderful it was.· In the lead-up to the trip I had been telling Nat about the Northern Lights and how wonderful they were.· How incredibly hard it is, how wonderful and how awful-often in the space of a few minutes.· He was telling people how wonderful things would be in the future.· See how wonderful I am doing despite the Bureau of Mines being closed.· She just lay thinking how wonderful it would be if she could actually make Pete notice her.· I can not express how wonderful it is to be sometimes told, rather than always doing the telling!
· His mind is a wand more wonderful than the touch of Midas that could turn all things to gold.· This will still apply regardless of how much more wonderful the paraphernalia of science continues to become.· But the life that is devoted to the finding of beauty is far more wonderful.· It all simply remains wonderful-and will seem even more wonderful when answers have been provided.· Here are to be found experiences more wonderful even than mukti, moksha, sartori, or grace.· And what is even more wonderful, they all think the world of each other.
· In another pocket there was a most wonderful engine, at the end of a long chain.· But I still think of this as the most wonderful meal of my life.· It will probably be among the most wonderful experiences you've had in any theatre.· Sighing at the wonderful smells from her kitchen, he apologized for being late, but the most wonderful thing had happened.· She has designed the most wonderful costumes for me and she's been a good friend.· But before she died, she had the most wonderful visions visions of a beautiful house, visions of her deceased grandmother.· During the whole of the great day we had most wonderful food.· I still believe the cafe in Datil is the most wonderful place on Planet Earth.
· There was a really wonderful rocket.· I had a really wonderful time.· What was really wonderful was that the paper swallowed the hoax whole.· Well now we come to West Birk Hatt and the Fawcett family, and really wonderful people they were.· Gee, this is really wonderful.· It sounds really wonderful with a big choir.· Why settle for mediocre goals when you could achieve something really wonderful?
· Yes, I'd like to, it looks so wonderful at night.· Ah, so wonderful, thought Hansel and Gretel.· All the others thought it was so wonderful and I couldn't understand what I was missing.· But numbers on economic growth that look so wonderful for the emerging world tell only half the story.· Anabelle had never tasted anything so wonderful.· That is probably why Andrade's foods taste so wonderful: They're filled with clean, lively flavors.· I never saw the views so wonderful.· In fact, I felt so wonderful that I glanced back at Old Red.
NOUN· And we did not want to miss the opportunity of having such a wonderful day, complete with the white wedding car.· It would be the fearful as well as the wonderful day of the Lord.· Or so I thought, in the good days, the wonderful days, before I felt it.· It will be a wonderful day when somebody picks up the Oscar and does the same thing.· All reported having had a wonderful day and causing much comment and amusement wherever they went.· That first terrifying, wonderful day.
· Yes, it's a wonderful idea, computer!· Children are encouraged to have and pursue their own wonderful ideas.· I have a wonderful idea for a restaurant ... all I need is the money.· But I thought it was a wonderful idea.· Not a minute to wait Isn't lastminute.com a wonderful idea?· It's a wonderful idea, of course!
· If you set unobtainable objectives you will be seen to have failed even if you do a wonderful job.· He said Minneapolis did a wonderful job in 1992, despite the freezing cold.· He said he'd done a wonderful job in very difficult circumstances.· The players, meanwhile, are doing a wonderful job of not overselling the new ballpark concept.· And it was, of course, a wonderful job.· You saw the owner as a fortunate person-some one who had created a wonderful job for himself.· For example, he reels out evidence that the Government are doing a wonderful job.· Mr John Sumsion, the original Registrar, did a wonderful job.
· After his untimely death, she had passed the figure on to Carla as a memento of a wonderful man.· He was a husband in a million, a good kind man, a wonderful man to his friends.· A wonderful man and a fine teacher.
· It was mostly about the child and the wonderful news that he had accomplished an A and a G all by himself.· Cassie shook her head, her mind full of his wonderful news.· They are wonderful news for all of us.· Female speaker It's wonderful news for the poor person.
· Walking offers wonderful opportunities to get close to wildlife.· This is a very wonderful opportunity for you.· It is a wonderful opportunity to see the major suppliers and decide on the lists you want to consider.· The second salesman excitedly explained that there were wonderful opportunities with an almost unlimited market because no one had shoes yet!· He has built a good team and has a wonderful opportunity and the will to see it through.· And the garish casinos were wonderful opportunities for failure.· This gives him a wonderful opportunity to articulate why he wants to be president.
· They think they're wonderful people who can never do anything wrong.· They were wonderful people who had the full gamut of emotions.· I met some wonderful people in that place.· And all of the wonderful people I have known.· Well now we come to West Birk Hatt and the Fawcett family, and really wonderful people they were.· There were so many wonderful things and wonderful people connected with it.· What a privilege it has been to share that trip with so many wonderful people.
· Aunt Dorcas, or Auntie Dor as we called her, was a wonderful person.· The reason she is able to deal with this is because she was a wonderful person before this accident ever happened.· And she is the most wonderful person I have ever known.· She was such a wonderful person.
· In summer it is a wonderful place for picnics and for children to paddle in the stream.· The Palace Hotel was a wonderful place because it had about twenty-five stores and six different restaurants.· He said the vibe was perfect, a wonderful place to work in as it's so free.· This is a wonderful place to daydream and dawdle.· She had taken him by the hand and they had walked in this wonderful place full of lights.· And there are so many wonderful places for it.· The acting is superb but the backdrop, this wonderful place, will take your breath away.· If we take you out of the equation that is this strange and wonderful place, how different would the place look?
· To discover a new species would be a wonderful thing.· They had many wonderful things to teach Earthlings, especially about time.· It was the most wonderful thing to hear Jake finally say such things.· But while dignity and honor are wonderful things, they do not put food on the table or pay the rent.· He was telling people how wonderful things would be in the future.· And I have seen some wonderful things about life as well.· The little things that drive our family mad and the wonderful things that make them love us.· Obviously, you go into hospital to have kids - a wonderful thing, by and large.
· The North will not get that investment if certain influential people keeping banging on about how wonderful things are.· They had many wonderful things to teach Earthlings, especially about time.· And I can see you making wonderful things out of the tails.· But while dignity and honor are wonderful things, they do not put food on the table or pay the rent.· Now Walter Chrysler was an important collector with a marvellous eye who bought some wonderful things.· And I have seen some wonderful things about life as well.· He was telling people how wonderful things would be in the future.· I see this position as giving me a chance to say what wonderful things are going on in Texas.
· She's obviously having a wonderful time.· You and your boyfriend have a wonderful time.· Ma and Father shake hands with everyone and look as if they are having a wonderful time.· Amelia had a wonderful time piloting her pet.· She had had a wonderful time and took an extra turn of the floor.· Had a wonderful time, thanks to a generous, patient and chivalrous companion.· A: It is true we had a perfectly wonderful time.· For fans of irony, these are wonderful times.
· Then it began climbing again to give wonderful views over the tilting layers of rock and lush green land behind us.· The rooms are spacious and luxurious, with wonderful views of the Devon countryside.· Near Balbriggan, there was a wonderful view of sea and river.· At the summit there is a wonderful view of the mountains of four countries.· A wonderful view of most of the Cuillin skyline.· One of the highest gardens in Kent, with wonderful views across the Weald.
· The terrace is small and the plants aren't great-but it overlooks London in a rather wonderful way.· There is a wonderful way the world will take you at your word.· It is a wonderful way of assuring the presence of core stock and building up stock in Dillons stores.· The Holy Spirit moved and worked through you in a wonderful way this morning.· The old Craven Way is a wonderful way of coming into Dentdale from Ribblesdale.· I should like to see his frank expression and hear his wonderful way of speaking.· Oil burners are wonderful ways of filling a room with a relaxing aroma.· Because, if it's going well, it's a wonderful way to live.
· And there was that wonderful world of smells!· And what a wonderful world of myth one finds in celebration of this universal mystery!· The wonderful world of reprints One happy way of making a series is by reprinting earlier works in a standardised format.· In fact, her affection for the wonderful world in which she lives has helped her survive.· The wonderful world of dreams had better go.· The Labour party approaches all economic matters on the basis of the new wonderful world of cost-free pay.· Step out of reality - and into a wonderful world of fantasy.· It was a wonderful world, and the aunt was locked out of it.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
- As a result, the adult John is obsessed with food, has an overstocked fridge and is a good cook.
- Franca, said to be a good cook, was not a good cook, just an ingenious cook.
- He is a good cook, isn't he?
- My aunt and I are good cooks.
- Nils may be a good cook, but his time will be better spent away from the galley.
- Of motivation to get good grades in school or to be a good cook?
- To be a good cook you have to do a lot of things precisely, but it requires no understanding.
- Zelah was a good cook and he enjoyed the meal.
WORD FAMILYadjectivewonderfulwonderwondrousnounwonderwondermentverbwonderadverbwonderfully
1making you feel very happy SYN great: We had a wonderful time in Spain.► see thesaurus at good, nice2making you admire someone or something very much SYN amazing: It’s wonderful what doctors can do nowadays.