| amazing | | |
| adj. | 1. amazing, astonishing | surprising greatly.; "she does an amazing amount of work"; "the dog was capable of astonishing tricks" |
| ~ surprising | causing surprise or wonder or amazement.; "the report shows a surprising lack of hard factual data"; "leaped up with surprising agility"; "she earned a surprising amount of money" |
| adj. | 2. amazing, awe-inspiring, awesome, awful, awing | inspiring awe or admiration or wonder.; "New York is an amazing city"; "the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight"; "the awesome complexity of the universe"; "this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath"; "Westminster Hall's awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent" |
| ~ impressive | making a strong or vivid impression.; "an impressive ceremony" |
| mysterious | | |
| adj. | 1. cryptic, cryptical, deep, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying | of an obscure nature.; "the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms"; "a deep dark secret"; "the inscrutable workings of Providence"; "in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life"; "rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands" |
| ~ incomprehensible, inexplicable | incapable of being explained or accounted for.; "inexplicable errors"; "left the house at three in the morning for inexplicable reasons" |
| adj. | 2. mysterious, mystic, mystical, occult, orphic, secret | having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding.; "mysterious symbols"; "the mystical style of Blake"; "occult lore"; "the secret learning of the ancients" |
| ~ esoteric | confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle.; "a compilation of esoteric philosophical theories" |
| surprising | | |
| adj. | 1. surprising | causing surprise or wonder or amazement.; "the report shows a surprising lack of hard factual data"; "leaped up with surprising agility"; "she earned a surprising amount of money" |
| ~ unexpected | not expected or anticipated.; "unexpected guests"; "unexpected news" |
| ~ amazing, astonishing | surprising greatly.; "she does an amazing amount of work"; "the dog was capable of astonishing tricks" |
| ~ startling | so remarkably different or sudden as to cause momentary shock or alarm.; "Sydney's startling new Opera House"; "startling news"; "startling earthquake shocks" |
| ~ stunning | causing great astonishment and consternation.; "the strike came as a stunning protest against management"; "a stunning defeat" |
| wonderful | | |
| adj. | 1. fantastic, grand, howling, marvellous, marvelous, rattling, terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous | extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as intensifiers.; "a fantastic trip to the Orient"; "the film was fantastic!"; "a howling success"; "a marvelous collection of rare books"; "had a rattling conversation about politics"; "a tremendous achievement" |
| ~ extraordinary | beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable.; "extraordinary authority"; "an extraordinary achievement"; "her extraordinary beauty"; "enjoyed extraordinary popularity"; "an extraordinary capacity for work"; "an extraordinary session of the legislature" |
| prodigy | | |
| n. (person) | 1. prodigy | an unusually gifted or intelligent (young) person; someone whose talents excite wonder and admiration.; "she is a chess prodigy" |
| ~ boy wonder | an extremely talented young male person. |
| ~ child prodigy, infant prodigy, wonder child | a prodigy whose talents are recognized at an early age.; "Mozart was a child prodigy" |
| ~ brainiac, genius, einstein, mastermind, brain | someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality.; "Mozart was a child genius"; "he's smart but he's no Einstein" |
| ~ girl wonder | an extremely talented young female person. |
| n. (event) | 2. omen, portent, presage, prodigy, prognostic, prognostication | a sign of something about to happen.; "he looked for an omen before going into battle" |
| ~ augury, foretoken, preindication, sign | an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come.; "he hoped it was an augury"; "it was a sign from God" |
| ~ auspice | a favorable omen. |
| ~ foreboding | an unfavorable omen. |
| ~ death knell | an omen of death or destruction. |
| n. (cognition) | 3. prodigy | an impressive or wonderful example of a particular quality.; "the Marines are expected to perform prodigies of valor" |
| ~ exemplar, good example, example, model | something to be imitated.; "an exemplar of success"; "a model of clarity"; "he is the very model of a modern major general" |
| marvel | | |
| n. (event) | 1. marvel, wonder | something that causes feelings of wonder.; "the wonders of modern science" |
| ~ happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent | an event that happens. |
| v. (communication) | 2. marvel, wonder | be amazed at.; "We marvelled at the child's linguistic abilities" |
| ~ react, respond | show a response or a reaction to something. |
| v. (communication) | 3. marvel | express astonishment or surprise about something. |
| ~ give tongue to, utter, express, verbalise, verbalize | articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise.; "She expressed her anger"; "He uttered a curse" |
| look for | | |
| v. (contact) | 1. look for, search, seek | try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of.; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county" |
| ~ dredge, drag | search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost. |
| ~ finger | search for on the computer.; "I fingered my boss and found that he is not logged on in the afternoons" |
| ~ fumble, grope | feel about uncertainly or blindly.; "She groped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom" |
| ~ divine | search by divining, as if with a rod.; "He claimed he could divine underground water" |
| ~ surf, browse | look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular.; "browse a computer directory"; "surf the internet or the world wide web" |
| ~ leave no stone unturned | search thoroughly and exhaustively.; "The police left no stone unturned in looking for the President's murderer" |
| ~ hunt | seek, search for.; "She hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate them" |
| ~ gather | look for (food) in nature.; "Our ancestors gathered nuts in the Fall" |
| ~ want | hunt or look for; want for a particular reason.; "Your former neighbor is wanted by the FBI"; "Uncle Sam wants you" |
| ~ scour | examine minutely.; "The police scoured the country for the fugitive" |
| ~ seek out | look for a specific person or thing. |
| ~ quest after, quest for, go after, pursue | go in search of or hunt for.; "pursue a hobby" |
| ~ fish, angle | seek indirectly.; "fish for compliments" |
| ~ grub | search about busily. |
| ~ feel | grope or feel in search of something.; "He felt for his wallet" |
| ~ browse, shop | shop around; not necessarily buying.; "I don't need help, I'm just browsing" |
| v. (emotion) | 2. anticipate, look for, look to | be excited or anxious about. |
| ~ await, expect, wait, look | look forward to the probable occurrence of.; "We were expecting a visit from our relatives"; "She is looking to a promotion"; "he is waiting to be drafted" |
| ~ quail at, apprehend | anticipate with dread or anxiety. |
| remedy | | |
| n. (act) | 1. redress, remediation, remedy | act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil. |
| ~ correction, rectification | the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right. |
| ~ salve | anything that remedies or heals or soothes.; "he needed a salve for his conscience" |
| n. (artifact) | 2. curative, cure, remedy, therapeutic | a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain. |
| ~ treatment, intervention | care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury). |
| ~ acoustic | a remedy for hearing loss or deafness. |
| ~ antidote, counterpoison | a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison. |
| ~ emetic, nauseant, vomitive, vomit | a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting. |
| ~ lenitive | remedy that eases pain and discomfort. |
| ~ lotion, application | liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin.; "a lotion for dry skin" |
| ~ magic bullet | a remedy (drug or therapy or preventive) that cures or prevents a disease.; "there is no magic bullet against cancer" |
| ~ medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine | (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease. |
| ~ ointment, salve, unguent, balm, unction | semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation. |
| ~ alleviant, palliative, alleviator | remedy that alleviates pain without curing. |
| ~ catholicon, cure-all, nostrum, panacea | hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists. |
| ~ preventative, preventive, prophylactic | remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease.; "the doctor recommended several preventatives" |
| v. (change) | 3. amend, rectify, remediate, remedy, repair | set straight or right.; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight" |
| ~ correct, right, rectify | make right or correct.; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation" |
| v. (body) | 4. relieve, remedy | provide relief for.; "remedy his illness" |
| ~ practice of medicine, medicine | the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries.; "he studied medicine at Harvard" |
| ~ care for, treat | provide treatment for.; "The doctor treated my broken leg"; "The nurses cared for the bomb victims"; "The patient must be treated right away or she will die"; "Treat the infection with antibiotics" |
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