Synonyms of the word

wonder

• n. Something that causes amazement or awe; a marvel.
• n. Something astonishing and seemingly inexplicable.
• n. Someone very talented at something, a genius.
• n. The sense or emotion which can be inspired by something curious or unknown; surprise; astonishment.
• n. (Britain, informal) A mental pondering, a thought.
• v. (intransitive) To be affected with surprise or admiration; to be struck with astonishment; to be amazed;…
• v. (transitive) To ponder; to feel doubt and curiosity; to wait with uncertain expectation; to query in the…

admiration

• n. A positive emotion including wonder and approbation; the regarding of another as being wonderful.
• n. (obsolete) Wonder or questioning, without any particular positive or negative attitude to the subject.
• n. (obsolete) Cause of admiration; something to excite wonder, or pleased surprise.

amazement

• n. (uncountable) The condition of being amazed; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear, horror,…
• n. (countable, archaic) A particular feeling of wonder, surprise, fear, or horror.
• n. (countable, dated) Something which amazes.
• n. (obsolete) Madness, frenzy.

astonishment

• n. amazement, great surprise.
• n. An amazing thing or phenomenon.

contemplate

• v. To look at on all sides or in all its aspects; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard…
• v. To consider as a possibility.

curiosity

• n. (obsolete) Careful, delicate construction; fine workmanship, delicacy of building.
• n. (uncountable) Inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask and learn about things by asking questions, investigating,…
• n. A unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest.

enquire

• v. (intransitive) To make an enquiry.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To ask about (something).

excogitate

• v. To think over something carefully; to consider fully; cogitate.
• v. To come to a conclusion through reason or careful thought.

happening

• v. present participle of happen.
• adj. (slang, of a place) Busy, lively; vibrant, dynamic; fashionable.
• adj. (slang, of a person or product) Trendy, up-to-the-minute.
• n. Something that happens.
• n. A spontaneous or improvised event, especially one that involves audience participation.

inquire

• v. (US) To ask (about something).
• v. To make an inquiry or an investigation.

marvel

• n. That which causes wonder; a prodigy; a miracle.
• n. Wonder, astonishment.
• v. (intransitive) To become filled with wonderment or admiration; to be amazed at something.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To marvel at.
• v. (obsolete, transitive, used impersonally) To cause to marvel or be surprised.

meditate

• v. (intransitive) To contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon something; to study.
• v. (intransitive) To sit or lie down and come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious.

mull

• v. To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate; usually with over.
• v. To powder; to pulverize.
• v. To chop marijuana so that it becomes a smokable form.
• v. To heat and spice something, such as wine.
• v. To join two or more individual windows at mullions.
• v. To dull or stupefy.
• n. A thin, soft muslin.
• n. (uncountable) Marijuana that has been chopped to prepare it for smoking.
• n. A stew of meat, broth, milk, butter, vegetables, and seasonings, thickened with soda crackers.
• n. The gauze used in bookbinding to adhere a text block to a book's cover.
• n. An inferior kind of madder prepared from the smaller roots or the peelings and refuse of the larger.
• n. (Scotland) A promontory.
• n. A snuffbox made of the small end of a horn.
• n. dirt; rubbish.

muse

• n. A source of inspiration.
• n. (archaic) A poet; a bard.
• v. (intransitive) To become lost in thought, to ponder.
• v. (transitive) To say (something) with due consideration or thought.
• v. (transitive) To think on; to meditate on.
• v. (transitive) To wonder at.
• n. An act of musing; a period of thoughtfulness.
• n. A gap or hole in a hedge, fence, etc. through which a wild animal is accustomed to pass; a muset.

occurrence

• n. Actual instance when a situation arises.

occurrent

• adj. Current, actual, occurring.
• n. (now chiefly philosophy) An event, something that occurs.

ponder

• v. To wonder, to think of deeply.
• v. To consider (something) carefully and thoroughly; to chew over, to mull over.
• v. (obsolete) To weigh.
• n. (colloquial) A period of deep thought.

query

• n. A question, an inquiry (US), an enquiry (UK).
• n. A question mark.
• n. (computing, databases) A set of instructions passed to a database.
• v. (transitive) To ask, inquire.
• v. (intransitive) To ask a question.
• v. (transitive) To question or call into doubt.
• v. (computing, databases) To pass a query to a database to retrieve information.
• v. (transitive, Internet) To send a private message to (a user on IRC).

question

• n. A sentence, phrase or word which asks for information, reply or response; an interrogative.
• n. A subject or topic for consideration or investigation.
• n. A doubt or challenge about the truth or accuracy of a matter.
• n. A proposal to a meeting as a topic for deliberation.
• n. interrogation by torture.
• n. (obsolete) Talk; conversation; speech.
• v. To ask questions of; interrogate; enquire; ask for information.
• v. To raise doubts about; have doubts about.
• v. (obsolete) To argue; to converse; to dispute.

react

• v. (transitive) To act or perform a second time; to do over again; to reenact.
• v. (physics) To return an impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite force.
• v. (chemistry, intransitive) To act upon each other; to exercise a reciprocal or a reverse effect, as two…
• v. (chemistry, transitive) To cause chemical agents to react; to cause one chemical agent to react with another.

reflect

• v. (transitive) To bend back (light, etc.) from a surface.
• v. (intransitive) To be bent back (light, etc.) from a surface.
• v. (transitive) To mirror, or show the image of something.
• v. (intransitive) To be mirrored.
• v. (transitive) To agree with; to closely follow.
• v. (transitive) To give evidence of someone's or something's character etc.
• v. (intransitive) To think seriously; to ponder or consider.

respond

• v. (transitive, intransitive) To say something in return; to answer; to reply.
• v. (intransitive) To act in return; to exhibit some action or effect in return to a force or stimulus; to…
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To correspond with; to suit.
• v. (transitive) To satisfy; to answer.
• n. A response.
• n. A versicle or short anthem chanted at intervals during the reading of a lection.
• n. (architecture) A half-pillar, pilaster, or any corresponding device engaged in a wall to receive the impost…

ruminate

• v. (intransitive) To chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the…
• v. (intransitive) To meditate or reflect.
• v. (transitive) To meditate or ponder over; to muse on.
• adj. (botany) Having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the nutmeg…

speculate

• v. (intransitive) To think, meditate or reflect on a subject; to consider, to deliberate or cogitate.
• v. (intransitive) To make an inference based on inconclusive evidence; to surmise or conjecture.
• v. (intransitive, business, finance) To make a risky trade in the hope of making a profit; to venture or…

wonderment

• n. a state, arousal, or thing describable by wonder, strange, awe, surprise, marvel, or astonishment.
• n. a puzzle or curiosity.