wonder

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. One that arouses awe, astonishment, surprise, or admiration; a marvel: "The decision of one age or country is a wonder to another” ( John Stuart Mill).
2. n. The emotion aroused by something awe-inspiring, astounding, or marvelous: gazed with wonder at the northern lights.
3. n. An event inexplicable by the laws of nature; a miracle.
4. n. A feeling of puzzlement or doubt.
5. n. A monumental human creation regarded with awe, especially one of seven monuments of the ancient world that appeared on various lists of late antiquity.
6. v. To have a feeling of awe or admiration; marvel: "She wondered at all the things civilization can teach a woman to endure” ( Frances Newman).
7. v. To have a feeling of surprise.
8. v. To be filled with curiosity or doubt.
9. v. To feel curiosity or be in doubt about: wondered what happened.
10. adj. Arousing awe or admiration.
11. adj. Wonderful.
12. adj. Far superior to anything formerly recognized or foreseen.
13. idiom. for a wonder As a cause for surprise; surprisingly.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A strange tiling; a cause of surprise, astonishment, or admiration; in a restricted sense, a miracle; a marvel, prodigy, or portent.
2. n. That emotion which is excited by novelty, or the presentation to the sight or mind of something new, unusual, strange, great, extraordinary, not well understood, or that arrests the attention by its novelty, grandeur, or inexplicitbleness. Wonder expresses less than astonishment, and much less than amazement. It differs from admiration in not being necessarily accompanied with love, esteem, or approbation. But wonder sometimes is nearly allied to astonishment, and the exact extent of the meaning of such words can hardly be graduated.
3. n. A cruller.
4. n. =Syn.1. Sign, marvel, phenomenon, spectacle, rarity.
5. n. Surprise, bewilderment. See def. 2.
6. To be affected with wonder or surprise; marvel; be amazed: formerly with a reflexive dative.
7. To look with or feel admiration.
8. To entertain some doubt or curiosity in reference to some matter; speculate expectantly; be in a state of expectation mingled with doubt and slight anxiety or wistfulness: as, I wonder whether we shall reach the place in time: hence, I wonder is often equivalent to ‘I should like to know.’
9. To be curious about; wish to know; speculate in regard to: as, I wonder where John has gone.
10. To surprise; amaze.
11. Wonderful.
12. Wonderfully; exceedingly; very.

Wiktionary

1. n. Something that causes amazement or awe, a marvel.
2. n. Something astonishing and seemingly inexplicable.
3. n. Someone very talented at something, a genius.
4. n. The sense or emotion which can be inspired by something curious or unknown.
5. n. UK, informal A mental pondering, a thought.
6. v. To ponder about something.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. That emotion which is excited by novelty, or the presentation to the sight or mind of something new, unusual, strange, great, extraordinary, or not well understood; surprise; astonishment; admiration; amazement.
2. n. A cause of wonder; that which excites surprise; a strange thing; a prodigy; a miracle.
3. v. To be affected with surprise or admiration; to be struck with astonishment; to be amazed; to marvel.
4. v. To feel doubt and curiosity; to wait with uncertain expectation; to query in the mind.
5. adj. obsolete Wonderful.
6. adv. obsolete Wonderfully.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
2. v. be amazed at
3. v. place in doubt or express doubtful speculation
4. v. have a wish or desire to know something
5. n. a state in which you want to learn more about something
6. n. something that causes feelings of wonder