You can make 92 words from wonder according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
Definitions and meaning of wonder
wonder
Alternative forms
wondre
Etymology
From Middle Englishwonder, wunder, from Old Englishwundor(“wonder, miracle, marvel”), from Proto-West Germanic*wundr, from Proto-Germanic*wundrą.
Cognate with Scotswunner(“wonder”), West Frisianwonder, wûnder(“wonder, miracle”), Dutchwonder(“miracle, wonder”), Low Germanwunner, wunder(“wonder”), GermanWunder(“miracle, wonder”), Danish, Norwegian and Swedishunder(“wonder, miracle”), Icelandicundur(“wonder”).
The verb is from Middle Englishwondren, from Old Englishwundrian, which is from Proto-Germanic*wundrōną. Cognate with Saterland Frisianwunnerje, West Frisianwûnderje, Dutchwonderen, German Low Germanwunnern, Germanwundern, Swedishundra, Icelandicundra.
Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈwʌndə/
(General American) IPA(key): /ˈwʌndɚ/
Rhymes: -ʌndə(ɹ)
Hyphenation: won‧der
Noun
wonder (countable and uncountable, pluralwonders)
Something that causes amazement or awe; a marvel.
Something astonishing and seemingly inexplicable.
Someone very talented at something, a genius.
The sense or emotion which can be inspired by something curious or unknown; surprise; astonishment, often with awe or reverence.
1871, Plato, Benjamin Jowett (translator), Theaetetus (section 155d)
Socrates: I see, my dear Theaetetus, that Theodorus had a true insight into your nature when he said that you were a philosopher, for wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder. He was not a bad genealogist who said that Iris (the messenger of heaven) is the child of Thaumas (wonder).
(UK, informal) A mental pondering, a thought.
(US) A kind of donut; a cruller.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
wonder (third-person singular simple presentwonders, present participlewondering, simple past and past participlewondered)
(intransitive) To be affected with surprise or admiration; to be struck with astonishment; to be amazed; to marvel; often followed by at.
(transitive, intransitive) To ponder; to feel doubt and curiosity; to query in the mind.
Formally from Dutchwonderen(“to surprise, take aback”). The intransitive construction has certain antetypes in older Dutch and could also have developed in Afrikaans on its own, but at least the weakening of the sense must be influenced by Englishwonder.
Verb
wonder (presentwonder, present participlewonderende, past participlegewonder)
to wonder(be uncertain, ponder, ask oneself)
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutchwonder, wunder, from Old Dutchwundar, from Proto-Germanic*wundrą, from Proto-Indo-European*wenh₁-(“to wish for, desire, strive for, win, love”). Compare Low Germanwunder, wunner, GermanWunder, West Frisianwonder, wûnder, Englishwonder, Danishunder.