The feeling aroused by something strange and surprising.

synoniemen: admiration, wonderment.

Roget 870: wonder, marvel; astonishment, amazement, wonderment, bewilderment; amazedness etc. adj.^†; admiration, awe; stupor, stupefaction; stound^†, fascination; sensation; surprise etc. (inexpectation) 508^†.    note of admiration; thaumaturgy etc. (sorcery) 992^†.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 508: inexpectation^†, non-expectation; false expectation etc. (disappointment) 509; miscalculation etc. 481.    surprise, sudden burst, thunderclap, blow, shock, start; bolt out of the blue; wonder etc. 870; eye opener.    unpleasant surprise, pleasant surprise.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 872: prodigy, phenomenon; wonder, wonderment; marvel, miracle; monster etc. (unconformity) 83; curiosity, lion, sight, spectacle; jeu de theatre [Fr.], coup de theatre; gazingstock^†; sign; St.    Elmo's fire, St.    Elmo's light; portent etc. 512.    bursting of a shell, bursting of a bomb; volcanic eruption, peal of thunder; thunder-clap, thunder-bolt.    what no words can paint; wonders of the world; annus mirabilis [Lat.]; dignus vindice nodus [Lat.].    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: verwondering

Something that causes feelings of wonder:
— The wonders of modern science.

synoniem: marvel.

Nederlands: wonder

A state in which you want to learn more about something.

synoniem: curiosity.

Roget 83: nonconformity etc. 82; unconformity, disconformity; unconventionality, informality, abnormity^†, abnormality, anomaly; anomalousness etc. adj.^†; exception, peculiarity; infraction of law, breach, of law, violation of law, violation of custom, violation of usage, infringement of law, infringement of custom, infringement of usage; teratism^†, eccentricity, bizarrerie^†, oddity, je ne sais quoi [Fr.], monster, monstrosity, rarity; freak, freak of Nature, weirdo, mutant; rouser, snorter [U.S.].    individuality, idiosyncrasy, originality, mannerism.    aberration; irregularity; variety; singularity; exemption; salvo etc. (qualification) 469.    nonconformist; nondescript, character, original, nonesuch, nonsuch^†, monster, prodigy, wonder, miracle, curiosity, flying fish, black sheep, black swan, lusus naturae [Lat.], rara avis [Lat.], queer fish; mongrel, random breed; half-caste, half-blood, half-breed; metis [Lat.], crossbreed, hybrid, mule, hinny, mulatto; tertium quid [Lat.], hermaphrodite.    [Mythical animals] phoenix, chimera, hydra, sphinx, minotaur; griffin, griffon; centaur; saggittary^†; kraken, cockatrice, wyvern, roc, dragon, sea serpent; mermaid, merman, merfolk^†; unicorn; Cyclops, men whose heads do grow beneath their men whose heads do grow beneath their shoulders" [Othello]; teratology.    [unconformable to the surroundings] fish out of water; neither one thing nor another, neither fish nor fowl, neither fish flesh nor fowl nor good red neither fish flesh nor fowl nor good red herring; one in a million, one in a way, one in a thousand; outcast, outlaw; off the beaten track; oasis.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: curiositeit, nieuwsgierigheid
Pools: ciekawość

Have a wish or desire to know something:
— He wondered who had built this beautiful church.

synoniemen: enquire, inquire.

Roget 519: be unintelligible etc. adj.; require explanation etc. 522; have a doubtful meaning, pass comprehension.    render unintelligible etc. adj.; conceal etc. 528; darken etc. 421; confuse etc. (derange) 61; perplex etc. (bewilder) 475.    not understand etc. 518; lose, lose the clue; miss; not know what to make of, be able to make nothing of, give it up; not be able to account for, not be able to make either head or tail of; be at sea etc. (uncertain) 475; wonder etc. 870; see through a glass darkly etc. (ignorance) 491.    not understand one another; play at cross purposes etc. (misinterpret) 523.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: afvragen

Place in doubt or express doubtful speculation:
— I wonder whether this was the right thing to do.
— She wondered whether it would snow tonight.

synoniem: question.

Be amazed at.

synoniem: marvel.

Roget 870: wonder, marvel, admire; be surprised etc. adj.; start; stare; open one's eyes, rub one's eyes, turn up one's eyes; gloar^†; gape, open one's mouth, hold one's breath; look aghast, stand aghast, stand agog; look blank etc. (disappointment) 509; tombe des nues [Fr.]; not believe one's eyes, not believe one's ears, not believe one's senses.    not be able to account for etc. (unintelligible) 519; not know whether one stands on one's head or one's not know whether one stands on one's head or one's heels.    surprise, astonish, amaze, astound; dumfound, dumfounder; startle, dazzle; daze; strike, strike with wonder, strike with awe; electrify; stun, stupefy, petrify, confound, bewilder, flabbergast, stagger, throw on one's beam ends, fascinate, turn the head, take away one's breath, strike dumb; make one's hair stand on end, make one's tongue cleave to the roof of one's make one's tongue cleave to the roof of one's mouth; make one stare.    take by surprise etc. (be unexpected) 508.    be wonderful etc. adj.; beggar description, beggar the imagination, baffle description; stagger belief.    ... meer laten zien