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marvellous

3 syllables
adjective
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As an adjective, marvellous means exciting wonder or surprise.

Meanings of marvellous

4 meanings

adjective

  1. british spellingExciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful.

    “I went to a marvellous party last week.”

  2. Extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers

    “a fantastic trip to the Orient”

    “the film was fantastic!”

    “a howling success”

    Similar: fantastic, grand, howling, marvelous, rattling, terrific

  3. Being or having the character of a miracle

    Similar: marvelous, miraculous

  4. Too improbable to admit of belief

    “a tall story”

    Similar: improbable, marvelous, tall

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

All synonyms for marvellous →
adjective: extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensi…
fantasticgrandhowlingmarvelousrattlingterrifictremendouswonderful
adjective: being or having the character of a miracle
marvelousmiraculous
adjective: too improbable to admit of belief
improbablemarveloustall

Words that rhyme with marvellous

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