Meanings
comparative more marvelous · superlative most marvelous · alternative UK marvellous
- USExciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful.
I went to a marvelous party last week.
2 more examples
The fifty little brown musicians rendered difficult selections with marvelous accuracy and gingersome dash and artistic enjoyment of the work.
1912, Daniel D. Bidwell, As Far as the East is from the WestAt first glance, importance sampling seems like a marvellous solution to any posterior simulation problem.
2003, Gary Koop, Bayesian Econometrics, John Wiley & Sons Ltd., page 80Synonyms: portentous, prodigious
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveExciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveextraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
adjectivetoo improbable to admit of belief
adjectivebeing or having the character of a miracle
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Frenchmerveillus
- Middle Englishmerveilous
- Englishmarvelous
First attested from 1300 as Middle English merveilous, from Old French merveillus, from merveille (“a wonder”), equivalent to marvel + -ous.
More words from Middle English, Old French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek θαυμάσιος
- θαυμάσιος (thaumásios)exciting wonder or surprise
Arabic مُدْهِش, بَدِيع
- مُدْهِش (mudhiš)exciting wonder or surprise
- بَدِيع (badīʕ)exciting wonder or surprise
Bengali অলৌকিক, অবিশ্বাস্য
- অলৌকিক (olōukik)exciting wonder or surprise
- অবিশ্বাস্য (obiśśasśo)exciting wonder or surprise
- বিস্ময়কর (biśśõẏokor)exciting wonder or surprise
- অদ্ভুত (odbhut)exciting wonder or surprise
Bulgarian чуден, удивителен
- чуден (čuden)exciting wonder or surprise
- удивителен (udivitelen)exciting wonder or surprise
Catalan meravellós
- meravellósexciting wonder or surprise
Chinese Mandarin 奇妙的, 非凡的
- 奇妙的 (qímiàode)exciting wonder or surprise
- 非凡的exciting wonder or surprise
- 太好了exciting wonder or surprise
Czech úžasný, udivující
- úžasnýexciting wonder or surprise
- udivujícíexciting wonder or surprise
- obdivuhodnýexciting wonder or surprise
Dutch wonderbaar, geweldig
- wonderbaarexciting wonder or surprise
- geweldigexciting wonder or surprise
Esperanto mirinda
- mirindaexciting wonder or surprise
Finnish ihmeellinen, ihana
- ihmeellinenexciting wonder or surprise
- ihanaexciting wonder or surprise
- uskomatonexciting wonder or surprise
French merveilleux
- merveilleuxexciting wonder or surprise
German wunderbar, wundersam
- wunderbarexciting wonder or surprise
- wundersamexciting wonder or surprise
Hebrew נהדר, מדהים
- נהדר (nehedár)exciting wonder or surprise
- מדהים (madhím)exciting wonder or surprise
Hungarian csodálatos
- csodálatosexciting wonder or surprise
Icelandic undursamlegur, stórkostlegur
- undursamlegurexciting wonder or surprise
- stórkostlegurexciting wonder or surprise
- undraverðurexciting wonder or surprise
Italian meraviglioso
- meravigliosoexciting wonder or surprise
Japanese 驚くべき
- 驚くべき (odorokubeki)exciting wonder or surprise
Korean 놀라운
- 놀라운 (nollaun)exciting wonder or surprise
Latin mīrus, mirabilis
- mīrusexciting wonder or surprise
- mirabilisexciting wonder or surprise
Māori whakamīharo, whakaharahara
- whakamīharoexciting wonder or surprise
- whakaharaharaexciting wonder or surprise
Polish cudowny, zdumiewający
- cudownyexciting wonder or surprise
- zdumiewającyexciting wonder or surprise
- cudnyexciting wonder or surprise
Portuguese maravilhoso
- maravilhosoexciting wonder or surprise
Romanian minunat
- minunatexciting wonder or surprise
Russian изуми́тельный, чуде́сный
- изуми́тельный (izumítelʹnyj)exciting wonder or surprise
- чуде́сный (čudésnyj)exciting wonder or surprise
- удиви́тельный (udivítelʹnyj)exciting wonder or surprise
- великоле́пный (velikolépnyj)exciting wonder or surprise
- превосхо́дный (prevosxódnyj)exciting wonder or surprise
Scottish Gaelic mìorbhaileach
- mìorbhaileachexciting wonder or surprise
Spanish maravilloso
- maravillosoexciting wonder or surprise
Swedish underbar
- underbarexciting wonder or surprise
Turkish harika, olağanüstü
- harikaexciting wonder or surprise
- olağanüstüexciting wonder or surprise
Ukrainian чудо́вий
- чудо́вий (čudóvyj)exciting wonder or surprise
Cite this entry
marvelous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/marvelous
“marvelous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/marvelous. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “marvelous,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/marvelous.
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