1. Have a wish or desire to know something
   "He wondered who had built this beautiful church";
   - inquire, enquire [Brit, Cdn]
    
2. Place in doubt or express doubtful speculation
   "she wondered whether it would snow tonight"; "I wonder whether this was the right thing to do";
   - question
    
3. Be amazed at
   "I wonder at her courage";
   - marvel

1. The feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
   "The children gazed at the magician's tricks in wonder";
   - wonderment, admiration
    
2. Something that causes feelings of wonder
   "the wonders of modern science";
   - marvel
    
3. A state in which you want to learn more about something
   "The child's eyes were filled with wonder at the sight of the dinosaur skeleton";
   - curiosity
    
4. Someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
   "The young mathematician was considered a wonder by her professors";
   - genius, mastermind, brain, brainiac [N. Amer], Einstein, smart cookie [N. Amer, informal], brainbox [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: wondered, wondering, wonders

Type of: amazement, astonishment, chew over, cognitive state, contemplate, excogitate, happening, intellect, intellectual, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, natural event, occurrence, occurrent, ponder, query, question, react, reflect, reply, respond, ruminate, speculate, state of mind, think over

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