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| Main Entry: | wonder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amazement |
| Synonyms: | admiration, astonishment, awe, bewilderment, concern, confusion, consternation, curiosity, doubt, fascination, fear, incredulity, jar, jolt, perturbation, reverence, shock, skepticism, start, stupefaction, stupor, surprise, suspicion, uncertainty, wondering, wonderment, marveling, perplexity, puzzlement |
| Antonyms: | expectation |
| Main Entry: | wonder |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | doubt; ponder |
| Synonyms: | conjecture, disbelieve, inquire, meditate, puzzle, query, question, speculate, think, ask oneself, be curious, be inquisitive |
| Antonyms: | believe, know |
| Main Entry: | wonder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something that is amazing |
| Synonyms: | act of God*, curiosity, freak, marvel, miracle, nonpareil, oddity, phenomenon, portent, prodigy, rarity, sensation, sight, spectacle, wonderment, cynosure, rara avis, stunner |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wonder |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be amazed |
| Synonyms: | admire, boggle, gape, gawk, marvel, stare, be astonished, be awestruck, be confounded, be dumbstruck, be fascinated, be flabbergasted, be startled, be taken aback, look aghast |
| Antonyms: | anticipate, expect |
| Main Entry: | act of God |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | divine act |
| Synonyms: | accident, circumstances beyond one's control, earthquake, force majeure, freak accident, hurricane, inevitable accident, marvel, natural disaster, phenomenon, supernatural event, tornado, unavoidable casualty, unforeseen event, vis major, wonder |
| Main Entry: | admiration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | great respect |
| Synonyms: | account, adoration, affection, applause, appreciation, approbation, approval, deference, delight, esteem, estimation, favor, fondness, glorification, homage, honor, idolatry, liking, love, obeisance, pleasure, praise, recognition, regard, reverence, veneration, wonder, wonderment, worship, idolization, marveling, prizing, valuing |
| Antonyms: | aversion, contempt, disapproval, disgust, dislike, disregard, hate, hatred, loathing |
| Main Entry: | amazement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of surprise |
| Synonyms: | admiration, astonishment, awe, bewilderment, confusion, marvel, shock, stopper*, stupefaction, wonder, wonderment, confoundment, one for the books, perplexity, something else, stunner |
| Antonyms: | calmness, composure, cool, coolness, indifference, preparation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | astonishment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of surprise |
| Synonyms: | amazement, awe, bewilderment, confusion, consternation, shock, stupefaction, wonder, wonderment, astoundment, dumbfoundment, one for the books, something else, stunner |
| Antonyms: | dullness, expectation, unexcitement |
| Main Entry: | awe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amazement |
| Synonyms: | admiration, apprehension, astonishment, consternation, dread, esteem, fear, fright, horror, regard, respect, reverence, shock, stupefaction, terror, veneration, wonder, wonderment, worship |
| Antonyms: | calmness, coolness, expectation, familiarity, intimacy, steadiness |
| Main Entry: | consternation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dismay, distress |
| Synonyms: | alarm, amazement, anxiety, awe, bewilderment, confusion, distraction, dread, fear, fright, horror, muddle, panic, shock, stupefaction, terror, trepidation, wonder, muddlement, perplexity, trepidity |
| Antonyms: | calm, composure, happiness, tranquility, peacefulness |
| Main Entry: | curiosity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | odd item |
| Synonyms: | anomaly, bibelot, bygone, conversation piece, curio, exoticism, freak, knickknack, marvel, monstrosity, nonesuch, objet d'art, oddity, peculiar object, prodigy, rarity, singular object, trinket, unusual object, wonder |
| Antonyms: | normality |
| Main Entry: | event |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | occurrence, happening |
| Synonyms: | accident, act, action, advent, adventure, affair, appearance, business, calamity, case, catastrophe, celebration, ceremony, chance, circumstance, coincidence, crisis, deed, development, emergency, episode, experience, exploit, fact, function, holiday, incident, juncture, marvel, matter, milestone, miracle, misfortune, mishap, mistake, occasion, occurrence, pass, phase, phenomenon, predicament, proceeding, shift, situation, story, thing*, tide, transaction, triumph, turn, wonder, conjuncture |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gape |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gawk |
| Synonyms: | beam, bore, eye, focus, glare, gloat, look, ogle, peer, rubberneck*, stare, take in*, wonder, yawp*, eyeball, get a load of, get an eyeful, give the eye, goggle, size up* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gaze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stare at |
| Synonyms: | admire, beam*, bore*, contemplate, eye, gape, gawk, glare, gloat, inspect, lamp*, look, moon*, observe, ogle, peek, peep, peer, pin*, pipe*, regard, rubber*, rubberneck*, scrutinize, see, survey, take in*, view, watch, wonder, eyeball, get a load of, get an eyeful, look fixedly, size up* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jewel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something, someone precious |
| Synonyms: | charm, find, gem, genius, ideal, masterpiece, nonesuch, nonpareil, paragon, pearl*, phenomenon, prize, prodigy, rarity, specialty, treasure, wonder, phoenix* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | joy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | great happiness, pleasure |
| Synonyms: | amusement, animation, bliss, charm, cheer, comfort, delight, diversion, ecstasy, elation, exultation, felicity, festivity, frolic, fruition, gaiety, gem, gladness, glee, good humor, gratification, hilarity, humor, indulgence, jewel, liveliness, luxury, merriment, mirth, pride, prize, rapture, refreshment, rejoicing, revelry, satisfaction, solace, sport, transport, treasure, treat, wonder, alleviation, delectation, exulting, jubilance, pride and joy, ravishment, regalement |
| Antonyms: | sadness, sorrow, unhappiness, woe |
| Main Entry: | marvel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be amazed |
| Synonyms: | gape, gaze, stare, wonder, be awed, be surprised, feel surprise, goggle, stand in awe |
| Antonyms: | expect |
| Main Entry: | miracle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wonderful, surprising event or thing |
| Synonyms: | marvel, phenomenon, portent, prodigy, rarity, revelation, sensation, surprise, wonder, stunner, supernatural occurrence, thaumaturgy, unusualness |
| Antonyms: | normalcy, usualness |
| Main Entry: | mistrust |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | doubtfulness |
| Synonyms: | apprehension, concern, distrust, doubt, dubiety, fear, foreboding, incertitude, misgiving, presentiment, scruple, skepticism, suspicion, uncertainty, wariness, wonder, chariness, dubiosity |
| Notes: | to distrust is to suspect someone is dishonest; to mistrust is to merely lack confidence in someone mistrust involves a withholding of confidence, whereas distrust involves a projection of lack of confidence or suspicion |
| Antonyms: | belief, certainty, confidence, faith, trust |
| Main Entry: | portent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | miracle |
| Synonyms: | marvel, phenomenon, prodigy, sensation, wonder, stunner |
| Antonyms: | doom |
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