wonder

wonder is a 6-letter English word with 12 senses as noun, intransitive verb, adjective, adverb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: That emotion which is excited by novelty, or the presentation to the sight or mind of something new, unusual, strange, great, extraordinary, or not well understood; surprise; astonishment; admiration; amazement. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 11 · 12 senses

Definitions

1. noun. That emotion which is excited by novelty, or the presentation to the sight or mind of something new, unusual, strange, great, extraordinary, or not well understood; surprise; astonishment; admiration; amazement.
2. noun. A cause of wonder; that which excites surprise; a strange thing; a prodigy; a miracle.
3. intransitive verb. To be affected with surprise or admiration; to be struck with astonishment; to be amazed; to marvel.
4. intransitive verb. To feel doubt and curiosity; to wait with uncertain expectation; to query in the mind; as, he wondered why they came.
5. adjective. Wonderful.
6. adverb. Wonderfully.
7. noun. a state in which you want to learn more about something

   Synonyms: curiosity

8. noun. something that causes feelings of wonder

   "the wonders of modern science"

   Synonyms: marvel

9. noun. the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising

   Synonyms: admiration, wonderment

10. verb. have a wish or desire to know something

    "He wondered who had built this beautiful church"

    Synonyms: enquire, inquire

11. verb. place in doubt or express doubtful speculation

    "I wonder whether this was the right thing to do"

    "she wondered whether it would snow tonight"

    Synonyms: question

12. verb. be amazed at

    "We marvelled at the child's linguistic abilities"

    Synonyms: marvel

Synonyms

curiosity, marvel, admiration, wonderment, enquire, inquire, question

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in wonder:

downer, nowder, worden

Common word forms

wonders, wondered, wonderer, wonderful, wondering, wonderless, wonderment

Words from these letters

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