I.
noun
1 feeling of surprise/admiration
ADJECTIVE
▪ great
▪ childlike , wide-eyed
VERB + WONDER
▪ feel
▪ express
▪
There aren't any words to express properly all the ~ that I feel.
▪ be filled with , be full of
▪
The children's faces were full of ~ as they gazed up at the Christmas tree.
WONDER + NOUN
▪ drug
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~
▪
Neville shook his head in ~ at it all
▪
She gazed down in ~ at the city spread below her.
▪ with ~
▪
She held her breath with ~ and delight.
▪ ~ at
PHRASES
▪ a feeling of ~ , a sense of ~
2 amazing thing/person
ADJECTIVE
▪ natural
▪
Iceland is full hot springs and other natural ~s.
▪ architectural , technological , etc.
▪ constant
▪
It was a constant ~ to me that my father didn't die of exhaustion.
▪ nine days' ( esp. BrE ), seven-day
▪
She was determined to prove she was no seven-day ~ whose promise would remain unfulfilled.
▪ boy ( humorous )
▪
the new boy ~ of French football
▪ one-hit ( humorous )
▪
The band was a one-hit ~ in the '80s—no one has heard of them since.
▪ chinless ( esp. BrE ), gutless ( esp. AmE ) ( both humorous )
▪
The public thinks we're a bunch of gutless ~s.
VERB + WONDER
▪ discover , experience , explore
▪
Now it is your turn to discover the ~ of Bermuda.
▪ appreciate
PHRASES
▪ do ~s (for sb/sth) , work ~s (for sb/sth)
▪
The change of diet has done ~s for my skin.
▪
A good night's sleep and a hearty breakfast worked ~s.
▪ is it any ~ (that) … ?
▪ (it's) little ~ , (it's) no ~ , (it's) small ~
▪
No ~ you're still single—you never go out!
▪ a ~ to behold
▪
The restored painting is a ~ to behold.
▪ the ~s of nature , the ~s of science , the ~s of technology
▪
Thanks to the ~s of modern science, many common diseases will soon be things of the past.
▪ the ~s of the world
▪
The palace has been described as the eighth ~ of the world.
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ idly , vaguely
▪
I ~ed vaguely whether Robert could be the murderer.
▪ briefly , fleetingly
▪ uneasily
▪
I ~ed uneasily if anything had happened to the children.
▪ irritably
▪ aloud
▪
‘Where's Natasha?’ she ~ed aloud.
▪ just
▪
‘Why do you ask?’ ‘I just ~ed.’
▪ always
▪
I always ~ed why you never got married.
▪ often , sometimes
▪
I sometimes ~ who's crazier, him or me.
▪ probably
▪
You're probably ~ing what all the fuss is about.
VERB + WONDER
▪ begin to , start to
▪
I was just beginning to ~ where you were.
▪ cannot help but , can only , have to
▪
I couldn't help but ~ what he was thinking.
▪
You have to ~ just what he sees in her.
▪ make sb
▪
He's behaving so strangely. It makes you ~ whether he's in trouble somehow.
PREPOSITION
▪ about
▪
We'd ~ed about you as a possible team member.
PHRASES
▪ can't help ~ing
▪
I can't help ~ing if he lost on purpose.
▪ keep ~ing
Wonder is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ sceptic