marvellous[adjective]Synonyms:- amazing, astonishing, astounding, breathtaking, brilliant, extraordinary, miraculous, phenomenal, prodigious, spectacular, stupendous
- excellent, fabulous
(informal), fantastic
(informal), great
(informal), splendid, superb, terrific
(informal), wonderful
English Thesaurus: fantastic/terrific, great, excellent, wonderful, marvellous, ... [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
mar‧vel‧lous S2 British English,
marvelous American English /ˈmɑːv
ələs $ ˈmɑːr-/
adjective extremely good, enjoyable, impressive etc
Synonym : wonderful:
‘How was your holiday?’ ‘Marvellous!’ We had a marvellous time. I can’t stand him, but my wife thinks he’s marvellous. It’s marvellous what they can do these days.—marvellously adverb [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
fantastic/terrific spoken extremely good, in a way that makes you feel excited and happy – used mainly in spoken English:
The view from the top was fantastic. He did a fantastic job. That’s a terrific idea! ‘I passed!’ ‘That’s terrific!’great spoken extremely good – used mainly in spoken English:
Thanks for a great afternoon. ‘Did you have a good holiday?' ’It was great!'excellent extremely good – used especially about the quality of something.
Excellent is more formal than
fantastic/terrific or
great, and is used in both spoken and written English:
Our local theatre has put on some excellent productions. It is an excellent film.wonderful extremely good in a way that impresses you or makes you very pleased:
She is really a wonderful person. That’s wonderful news!marvellous British English,
marvelous American English extremely good in a way that impresses you or makes you very pleased.
Marvellous sounds a little old-fashioned, but is still fairly common:
We had a marvellous dinner at a little restaurant near the hotel. Martino’s performance was marvelous.amazing extremely good in a surprising and exciting way:
Standing there on top of Mount Fuji was an amazing experience.incredible extremely good in a surprising and exciting way.
Incredible is often used when something is so good that it almost seems unlikely:
What a goal! That was incredible! It was an incredible moment - one that I will never forget.brilliant British English informal extremely good:
‘How was your trip?’ ‘Absolutely brilliant!’ What a brilliant idea!be out of this world used when saying that something is so good that you cannot imagine anything better:
Their desserts are out of this world. [TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲