wonder
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
Types & categories
- astonishment hypernym
- awe hyponym
Related & opposite
- marvel derivation
Sense 2 verb
have a wish or desire to know something
He wondered who had built this beautiful church
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- curiosity derivation
- wonderer derivation
- inquisitive derivation
- inquisitive derivation
Sense 3 noun
something that causes feelings of wonder
the wonders of modern science
Types & categories
- happening hypernym
Related & opposite
- marvel derivation
- marvel derivation
- miraculous derivation
- marvelous derivation
Sense 4 verb
place in doubt or express doubtful speculation
I wonder whether this was the right thing to do
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- doubt derivation
Sense 5 noun
a state in which you want to learn more about something
Types & categories
- cognitive state hypernym
- desire to know hyponym
- interest hyponym
- curiousness hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 verb
be amazed at
We marvelled at the child's linguistic abilities
Types & categories
- react hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | marvel |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | astonishment |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | awe |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | curiosity |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | wonderer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | inquisitive |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | inquisitive |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | query |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | request |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | marvel |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | marvel |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | miraculous |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | marvelous |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | happening |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | doubt |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | muse |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | scruple |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | wonder |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | curious |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | curious |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | cognitive state |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | desire to know |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | interest |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | curiousness |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | marvel |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | wonder |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | marveller |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | react |