wonder
verb
- = think, question, doubt, puzzle, speculate, query, ponder, inquire, ask yourself, meditate, be curious, conjecture, be inquisitive, cudgel your brains (informal) •
I wonder what he's up to.
•We were wondering where you were.
- = be amazed, stare, marvel, be astonished, gape, boggle, be awed, be flabbergasted (informal), gawk, be dumbstruck, stand amazed •
I wondered at the arrogance of the man.
noun
- = amazement, surprise, curiosity, admiration, awe, fascination, astonishment, bewilderment, wonderment, stupefaction •
`How did you know that?' Bobby exclaimed in wonder.
- = phenomenon, sight, miracle, spectacle, curiosity, marvel, prodigy, rarity, portent, wonderment, nonpareil •
a fascinating lecture on the wonders of nature
'wonder' in Other Languages
- British English: wonder
If you wonder about something, you think about it and try to guess or understand more about it.I wondered what that noise was.ˈwʌndə VERB - Arabic: يَتَسَاءَلُ
- Brazilian Portuguese: querer saber
- Chinese: 想知道
- Croatian: pitati se
- Czech: přemýšlet--
- Danish: tænke
- Dutch: afvragen (zich)
- European Spanish: preguntarse
- Finnish: ihmetellä
- French: se demander
- German: fragen (sich)
- Greek: διερωτώμαι
- Italian: stupirsi
- Japanese: 怪しむ
- Korean: 기이하게 여기다
- Norwegian: undre
- Polish: zastanowić (się) zastanawiać (się)
- Portuguese: querer saber
- Romanian: a se întreba
- Russian: удивляться
- Spanish: preguntarse
- Swedish: undra
- Thai: สงสัย
- Turkish: merak etmek
- Ukrainian: цікавитися
- Vietnamese: tự hỏi
- British English: wonder If you refer, for example, to a young man as a wonder boy, or to a new product as a wonder drug, you mean that they are believed by many people to be very good or very effective. ADJECTIVEHe was hailed as the wonder boy of the golfing world.
- Brazilian Portuguese: prodígio
- Chinese: 神奇的
- European Spanish: milagroso milagrosa
- French: prodige
- German: Wunder-
- Italian: rivelazionegiocatore, squadra
- Japanese: 素晴らしい
- Korean: 경이로운
- Portuguese: prodígio
- Spanish: milagroso milagrosa
- British English: wonder If you say that it is a wonder that something happened, you mean that it is very surprising and unexpected. NOUNIt's a wonder that it took almost ten years.
- Brazilian Portuguese: maravilha
- Chinese: 奇迹奇迹跡
- European Spanish: maravilla
- French: chose étonnanteN
- German: Wunder
- Italian: cosa incredibile
- Japanese: 驚き
- Korean: 경이로운 일
- Portuguese: maravilha
- Spanish: maravilla
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