miraculous

mi·rac·u·lous

adjective \mə-ˈra-kyə-ləs\

Definition of MIRACULOUS

1

: of the nature of a miracle : supernatural <a miraculous event>

2

: suggesting a miracle : marvelous <proof of a miraculous memory — Time>

3

: working or able to work miracles <miraculous power>

— mi·rac·u·lous·ly adverb

— mi·rac·u·lous·ness noun

Examples of MIRACULOUS

1. He made a miraculous recovery after the accident.
2. Her memory is nothing short of miraculous.

Origin of MIRACULOUS

Middle English, from Middle French miraculos, from Medieval Latin miraculosus, from Latin miraculum

First Known Use: 15th century

Related to MIRACULOUS

Synonyms

magical, supernatural, phenomenal, preternatural, superhuman, supernormal, transcendent, transcendental, uncanny, unearthly

Related Words

bizarre, curious, eerie (also eery), far-out, funny, grotesque, kinky, outlandish, out-of-the-way, outrageous, outré, peculiar, quaint, queer, queerish, quirky, remarkable, screwy, strange, wacky (also whacky), way-out, weird, wild; baffling, bewildering, confounding, mystifying, perplexing, puzzling, shocking; aberrant, atypical, fantastic (also fantastical), flaky, freak, freakish, idiosyncratic, marvelous (or marvellous), prodigious, rare, singular, uncommon, unique, unnatural, unusual, unwonted; unconventional, uncustomary, unorthodox; conspicuous, notable, noticeable, outstanding, prominent, salient, striking

Near Antonyms

average, commonplace, everyday, garden, ordinary, prosaic, routine, run-of-the-mill, typical, unexceptional, unremarkable, usual, workaday; expected, familiar, predictable; common, customary, frequent, habitual, regular, wonted

Other Occult Terms

augury, censor, invocation, lucidity, metempsychosis, mojo, numinous, preternatural, weird, wraith