| Main Entry: | oddity/oddball |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is very different |
Synonyms: |
case*, character, duck*, eccentric, fish out of water, maverick, misfit, odd bird, original*, rara avis, screwball, weirdo* |
Antonyms: |
conservative, normal |
| Main Entry: | phenomenon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rare occurrence; wonder |
Synonyms: |
abnormality, actuality, anomaly, appearance, aspect, circumstance, curiosity, episode, event, exception, experience, fact, happening, incident, marvel, miracle, nonpareil, one for the books, paradox, peculiarity, portent, prodigy, rara avis, rarity, reality, sensation, sight, something else, spectacle, stunner, uniqueness |
Antonyms: |
normality, regularity |
| Main Entry: | wonder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something that is amazing |
Synonyms: |
act of God, curiosity, cynosure, freak, marvel, miracle, nonpareil, oddity, phenomenon, portent, prodigy, rara avis, rarity, sensation, sight, spectacle, stunner, wonderment |
| Main Entry: | rare bird |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | odd person |
Synonyms: |
odd fellow, oddball, queer duck, rara avis |
| Concept: | Wonder. |
| Category: | 4. Contemplative Affections |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
wonder, marvel; astonishment, amazement, wonderment, bewilderment; amazedness; admiration, awe; stupor, stupefaction; stound, fascination; sensation; surprise (inexpectation)., note of admiration; thaumaturgy(sorcery).
-verbs
wonder, marvel, admire; be surprised; start; stare; open one's eyes, rub one's eyes, turn up one's eyes; gloar; gape, open one's mouth, hold one's breath; look aghast, stand aghast, stand agog; look blank (disappointment); tomber des nues; not believe one's eyes, not believe one's ears, not believe one's senses., not be able to account for (unintelligible); not know whether one stands on one's head or one's heels., surprise, astonish, amaze, astound; dumfound, dumfounder; startle, dazzle; daze; strike, strike with wonder, strike with awe; electrify; stun, stupefy, petrify, confound, bewilder, flabbergast, stagger, throw on one's beam ends, fascinate, turn the head, take away one's breath, strike dumb; make one's hair stand on end, make one's tongue cleave to the roof of one's mouth; make one stare., take by surprise (be unexpected)., be wonderful; beggar description, beggar the imagination, baffle description; stagger belief.
-adjectives
surprised; aghast, all agog, breathless, agape; open-mouthed; awestruck, thunderstruck, moonstruck, planet-struck; spellbound; lost in amazement, lost in wonder, lost in astonishment; struck all of a heap, unable to believe one's senses, like a duck ion thunder., wonderful, wondrous; surprising; unexpected; unheard of; mysterious (inexplicable); miraculous. indescribable, inexpressible, ineffable; unutterable, unspeakable., monstrous, prodigious, stupendous, marvelous; inconceivable, incredible; inimaginable, unimaginable; strange (uncommon); passing strange., striking; overwhelming; wonder-working.
-adverbs
wonderfully; fearfully; for a wonder, in the name of wonder; strange to say; mirabile dictu, mirabile visu; to one's great surprise., with wonder, with gaping mouth; with open eyes, with upturned eyes.
-phrases
vox faucibus haesit; one's hair standing on end.
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Antonyms: |
expectance (absence of wonder) |
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