[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

marvelous \mar"velous\, a. oe. merveillous, of. merveillos, f.
   merveilleux. see marvel, n. written also marvellous.
   1. exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful.
      1913 webster

            this is the lord's doing; it is marvelous in our
            eyes.                                 --ps. cxiii.
                                                  23.
      1913 webster

   2. partaking of the character of miracle, or supernatural
      power; incredible; so improbable as to defy belief.
      1913 webster +pjc

            the marvelous fable includes whatever is
            supernatural, and especially the machines of the
            gods.                                 --pope.
      1913 webster

   the marvelous, that which exceeds natural power, or is
      preternatural; that which is wonderful; -- opposed to the
      probable.
      1913 webster

   syn: wonderful; astonishing; surprising; strange; improbable;
        incredible.

   usage: marvelous, wonderful. we speak of a thing as
          wonderful when it awakens our surprise and admiration;
          as marvelous when it is so much out of the ordinary
          course of things as to seem nearly or quite
          incredible.
          1913 webster
see also:
marvel marvellous the marvelous the probable marvelous wonderful 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

marvelous
     adj 1: extraordinarily good; 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" syn: fantastic, howlinga, marvellous,
             rattlinga, terrific, tremendous, wonderful,
             wondrous
     2: too improbable to admit of belief; "a tall story" syn: improbable,
         marvellous, talla
     3: being or having the character of a miracle syn: marvellous,
         miraculous
see also:
fantastic howlinga marvellous rattlinga terrific tremendous 
wonderful wondrous improbable talla miraculous 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

101 moby thesaurus words for "marvelous":
   agreeable, amazing, appalling, astonishing, astounding,
   awe-inspiring, awesome, awful, awing, beguiling, bewildering,
   confounding, conspicuous, cool, dandy, divine, dreamy, egregious,
   enigmatic, enjoyable, exceptional, exquisite, extraordinary,
   fabulous, fantastic, fascinating, formidable, gilt-edged, glorious,
   golden, groovy, heavenly, hot, hunky-dory, immense,
   incomprehensible, inconceivable, incredible, indescribable,
   ineffable, keen, legendary, magnificent, marked, miraculous,
   mythical, neat, nifty, notable, noteworthy, noticeable, of mark,
   outlandish, outstanding, passing strange, peachy, phenomenal,
   pleasant, pleasurable, portentous, prodigious, puzzling, rare,
   remarkable, rewarding, ripping, satisfying, sensational, signal,
   spectacular, splendid, splendiferous, staggering, sterling,
   stinking, strange, striking, stunning, stupefying, stupendous,
   super, superb, supereminent, superexcellent, superfine, superior,
   supernatural, surprising, swell, terrific, tremendous, uncommon,
   unexampled, unheard-of, unimaginable, unique, unparalleled,
   unprecedented, unspeakable, wonderful, wondrous

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