'Phenomenon' definitions:
Definition of 'phenomenon'
(from WordNet)
noun
Any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning
noun
A remarkable development
Definition of 'Phenomenon'
From: GCIDE
- Phenomenon \Phe*nom"e*non\, n.; pl. Phenomena. [L. phaenomenon, Gr. faino`menon, fr. fai`nesqai to appear, fai`nein to show. See Phantom.]
- 1. An appearance; anything visible; whatever, in matter or spirit, is apparent to, or is apprehended by, observation; as, the phenomena of heat, light, or electricity; phenomena of imagination or memory. [1913 Webster]
- In the phenomena of the material world, and in many of the phenomena of mind. --Stewart. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which strikes one as strange, unusual, or unaccountable; an extraordinary or very remarkable person, thing, or occurrence; as, a musical phenomenon. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'phenomenon'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abnormality,
- actuality,
- adventure,
- amazement,
- anomaly,
- apparition,
- appearance,
- astonishing thing,
- astonishment,
- circumstance,
- curiosity,
- episode,
- event,
- exception,
- experience,
- fact,
- false image,
- figure,
- form,
- gazingstock,
- hap,
- happening,
- happenstance,
- image,
- incident,
- marvel,
- marvelment,
- matter of fact,
- miracle,
- mirage,
- nonesuch,
- occasion,
- occurrence,
- paradox,
- particular,
- peculiarity,
- phantom,
- phasm,
- portent,
- presence,
- prodigy,
- quite a thing,
- rarity,
- reality,
- sensation,
- shape,
- sight,
- singularity,
- something else,
- spectacle,
- stunner,
- turn of events,
- uniqueness,
- unusualness,
- vision,
- wonder,
- wonderful thing,
- wonderment