Thesaurus: marvelous

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1. n. Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful.
2. n. Partaking of the character of miracle, or supernatural power; incredible.
3. adj. extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
4. adj. too improbable to admit of belief
5. adj. being or having the character of a miracle
6. 1. Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful. This is the Lord's doing; it is marvelous in our eyes. Ps. cxiii. 23. 2. Partaking of the character of miracle, or superna The marvelous fable includes whatever is supernatural, and especially the machines of the gods. Pope. The marvelous, that which exceeds natural power, or is preternatural; that which is wonderful; -- opposed to the probable. Syn. -- Wonderful; astonishing; surprising; strange; improbable; incredible. -- Marvelous, Wonderful. We speak of a thing as wonderful when it awakens our surprise and admiration; as marvelous when it is so much out of the ordinary course of things as to seem nearly or quite incredible.
7. j:100 s. being or having the character of a miracle