'Wonder' definitions:

Definition of 'wonder'

From: WordNet
noun
The feeling aroused by something strange and surprising [syn: wonder, wonderment, admiration]
noun
Something that causes feelings of wonder; "the wonders of modern science" [syn: wonder, marvel]
noun
A state in which you want to learn more about something [syn: curiosity, wonder]
verb
Have a wish or desire to know something; "He wondered who had built this beautiful church" [syn: wonder, inquire, enquire]
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" [syn: wonder, question]
verb
Be amazed at; "We marvelled at the child's linguistic abilities" [syn: wonder, marvel]

Definition of 'Wonder'

From: GCIDE
  • Wonder \Won"der\, a. Wonderful. [Obs.] --Gower. [1913 Webster]
  • After that he said a wonder thing. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Wonder'

From: GCIDE
  • Wonder \Won"der\, adv. Wonderfully. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Wonder'

From: GCIDE
  • Wonder \Won"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wondered; p. pr. & vb. n. Wondering.] [AS. wundrian.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. To be affected with surprise or admiration; to be struck with astonishment; to be amazed; to marvel. [1913 Webster]
  • I could not sufficiently wonder at the intrepidity of these diminutive mortals. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
  • We cease to wonder at what we understand. --Johnson. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To feel doubt and curiosity; to wait with uncertain expectation; to query in the mind; as, he wondered why they came. [1913 Webster]
  • I wonder, in my soul, What you would ask me, that I should deny. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Wonder'

From: GCIDE
  • Wonder \Won"der\, n. [OE. wonder, wunder, AS. wundor; akin to D. wonder, OS. wundar, OHG. wuntar, G. wunder, Icel. undr, Sw. & Dan. under, and perhaps to Gr. ? to gaze at.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • They were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him. --Acts iii. 10. [1913 Webster]
  • Wonder is the effect of novelty upon ignorance. --Johnson. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Wonder expresses less than astonishment, and much less than amazement. It differs from admiration, as now used, in not being necessarily accompanied with love, esteem, or approbation. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A cause of wonder; that which excites surprise; a strange thing; a prodigy; a miracle. " Babylon, the wonder of all tongues." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • To try things oft, and never to give over, doth wonders. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • I am as a wonder unto many. --Ps. lxxi. 7. [1913 Webster]
  • Seven wonders of the world. See in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'wonder'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Wonder'