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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as intensifiers;
- Example: "a fantastic trip to the Orient"
- Example: "the film was fantastic!"
- Example: "a howling success"
- Example: "a marvelous collection of rare books"
- Example: "had a rattling conversation about politics"
- Example: "a tremendous achievement"
[syn: fantastic, grand, howling(a), marvelous, marvellous, rattling(a), terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous]

2. being or having the character of a miracle;
[syn: marvelous, marvellous, miraculous]

3. too improbable to admit of belief;
- Example: "a tall story"
[syn: improbable, marvelous, marvellous, tall(a)]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

marvellous \marvellous\ adj.
   Marvelous.

   Syn: improbable, marvelous, tall(prenominal).
        [WordNet 1.5]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Marvelous \Mar"vel*ous\, a. [OE. merveillous, OF. merveillos, F.
   Merveilleux. See Marvel, n.] [Written also marvellous.]
   1. Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful.
      [1913 Webster]

            This is the Lord's doing; it is marvelous in our
            eyes.                                 --Ps. cxiii.
                                                  23.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Partaking of the character of miracle, or supernatural
      power; incredible; so improbable as to defy belief.
      [1913 Webster +PJC]

            The marvelous fable includes whatever is
            supernatural, and especially the machines of the
            gods.                                 --Pope.
      [1913 Webster]

   The marvelous, that which exceeds natural power, or is
      preternatural; that which is wonderful; -- opposed to the
      probable.
      [1913 Webster]

   Syn: Wonderful; astonishing; surprising; strange; improbable;
        incredible.

   Usage: 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.
          [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

marvellous
    adj 1: extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as
           intensifiers; "a fantastic trip to the Orient"; "the film
           was fantastic!"; "a howling success"; "a marvelous
           collection of rare books"; "had a rattling conversation
           about politics"; "a tremendous achievement" [syn:
           fantastic, grand, howling(a), marvelous,
           marvellous, rattling(a), terrific, tremendous,
           wonderful, wondrous]
    2: being or having the character of a miracle [syn: marvelous,
       marvellous, miraculous]
    3: too improbable to admit of belief; "a tall story" [syn:
       improbable, marvelous, marvellous, tall(a)]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

30 Moby Thesaurus words for "marvellous":
   amazing, astonishing, astounding, breathtaking, crazy, excellent,
   extraordinary, fabulous, fantastic, glorious, great, groovy,
   incredible, marvy, mind-boggling, miraculous, phenomenal,
   remarkable, sensational, smashing, spectacular, splendid, super,
   superb, surprising, terrific, unbelievable, unparalleled, wild,
   wonderful