mar ‧ vel ‧ lous S2 BrE AmE British English , marvelous American English /ˈmɑːv ə ləs $ ˈmɑːr-/ adjective
extremely good, enjoyable, impressive etc SYN wonderful :
‘How was your holiday?’ ‘Marvellous!’
We had a marvellous time.
I can’t stand him, but my wife thinks he’s marvellous.
It’s marvellous what they can do these days.
—marvellously adverb
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THESAURUS
▪ fantastic/terrific spoken extremely good, in a way that makes you feel excited and happy – used mainly in spoken English:
The view from the top was fantastic.
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He did a fantastic job.
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That’s a terrific idea!
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‘I passed!’ ‘That’s terrific!’
▪ great spoken extremely good – used mainly in spoken English:
Thanks for a great afternoon.
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‘Did you have a good holiday?' ’It was great!'
▪ excellent extremely good – used especially about the quality of something. Excellent is more formal than fantastic/terrific or great , and is used in both spoken and written English:
Our local theatre has put on some excellent productions.
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It is an excellent film.
▪ wonderful extremely good in a way that impresses you or makes you very pleased:
She is really a wonderful person.
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That’s wonderful news!
▪ marvellous British English , marvelous American English extremely good in a way that impresses you or makes you very pleased. Marvellous sounds a little old-fashioned, but is still fairly common:
We had a marvellous dinner at a little restaurant near the hotel.
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Martino’s performance was marvelous.
▪ amazing extremely good in a surprising and exciting way:
Standing there on top of Mount Fuji was an amazing experience.
▪ incredible extremely good in a surprising and exciting way. Incredible is often used when something is so good that it almost seems unlikely:
What a goal! That was incredible!
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It was an incredible moment - one that I will never forget.
▪ brilliant British English informal extremely good:
‘How was your trip?’ ‘Absolutely brilliant!’
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What a brilliant idea!
▪ be out of this world used when saying that something is so good that you cannot imagine anything better:
Their desserts are out of this world.