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faino`menon, fr. fai`nesqai to appear, fai`nein to show. See 1. An appearance; anything visible; whatever, in matter or spirit, is apparent to, or is apprehended by, observation; as, the phenomena of heat, light, or electricity; phenomena

Additional info about word: PHENOMENON

faino`menon, fr. fai`nesqai to appear, fai`nein to show. See 1. An appearance; anything visible; whatever, in matter or spirit, is apparent to, or is apprehended by, observation; as, the phenomena of heat, light, or electricity; phenomena of imagination or memory. In the phenomena of the material world, and in many of the phenomena of mind. Stewart. 2. That which strikes one as strange, unusual, or unaccountable; an extraordinary or very remarkable person, thing, or occurrence; as, a musical phenomenon.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of PHENOMENON)

• Curiosity
• Inquisitiveness
• interest
• wonder
• marvel
• interrogativeness
• rarity
• phenomenon
• celebrity
• oddity
• lion
• Marvel
• Wonder
• prodigy
• admiration
• portent
• miracle
• astonishment
• amazement
• Amazement
• surprise
• sign

Related words: (words related to PHENOMENON)

• WONDERSTRUCK
  Struck with wonder, admiration, or surprise. Dryden.
• WONDER
  OS. wundar, OHG. wuntar, G. wunder, Icel. undr, Sw. & Dan. under, and perhaps to Gr. 1. That emotion which is excited by novelty, or the presentation to the sight or mind of something new, unusual, strange, great, extraordinary, or not
• WONDERFUL
  Adapted to excite wonder or admiration; surprising; strange; astonishing. Syn. -- Marvelous; amazing. See Marvelous. -- Won"der*ful*ly, adv. -- Won"der*ful*ness, n.
• INTERESTED
  1. Having the attention engaged; having emotion or passion excited; as, an interested listener. 2. Having an interest; concerned in a cause or in consequences; liable to be affected or prejudiced; as, an interested witness.
• MARVELOUS
  1. Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful. This is the Lord's doing; it is marvelous in our eyes. Ps. cxiii. 23. 2. Partaking of the character of miracle, or superna The marvelous fable includes whatever is supernatural, and especially
• SURPRISE
  1. The act of coming upon, or taking, unawares; the act of seizing unexpectedly; surprisal; as, the fort was taken by surprise. 2. The state of being surprised, or taken unawares, by some act or event which could not reasonably be foreseen; emotion
• INTERESTINGNESS
  The condition or quality of being interesting. A. Smith.
• WONDERLAND
  A land full of wonders, or marvels. M. Arnold.
• WONDERWORK
  A wonderful work or act; a prodigy; a miracle. Such as in strange land He found in wonderworks of God and Nature's hand. Byron.
• WONDERLY
  Wonderfully; wondrously. Chaucer.
• WONDERINGLY
  In a wondering manner.
• MIRACLE
  1. A wonder or wonderful thing. That miracle and queen of genus. Shak. 2. Specifically: An event or effect contrary to the established constitution and course of things, or a deviation from the known laws of nature; a supernatural event, or one
• CELEBRITY
  1. Celebration; solemnization. The celebrity of the marriage. Bacon. 2. The state or condition of being celebrated; fame; renown; as, the celebrity of Washington. An event of great celebrity in the history of astronomy. Whewell. 3. A person of
• ODDITY
  1. The quality or state of being odd; singularity; queerness; peculiarity; as, oddity of dress, manners, and the like. That infinitude of oddities in him. Sterne. 2. That which is odd; as, a collection of oddities.
• WONDERMENT
  Surprise; astonishment; a wonderful appearance; a wonder. Bacon. All the common sights they view, Their wonderment engage. Sir W. Scott.
• WONDER-WORKER
  One who performs wonders, or miracles.
• INTEREST
  1. To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing; as, the subject did not interest him; to interest one in charitable work. To love our native country . . . to be interested in
• ADMIRATION
  1. Wonder; astonishment. Season your admiration for a while. Shak. 2. Wonder mingled with approbation or delight; an emotion excited by a person or thing possessed of wonderful or high excellence; as, admiration of a beautiful woman,
• WONDEROUS
  See WONDROUS
• SURPRISEMENT
  Surprisal. Daniel.
• DISINTERESTING
  Uninteresting. "Disinteresting passages." Bp. Warburton.
• UNINTERESTED
  1. Not interested; not having any interest or property in; having nothing at stake; as, to be uninterested in any business. 2. Not having the mind or the passions engaged; as, uninterested in a discourse or narration.
• INCURIOSITY
  Want of curiosity or interest; inattentiveness; indifference. Sir H. Wotton.
• MARVEL
  wonderful things, pl., fr. mirabilis wonderful, fr. mirari to wonder 1. That which causes wonder; a prodigy; a miracle. I will do marvels such as have not been done. Ex. xxxiv. 10. Nature's sweet marvel undefiled. Emerson. 2. Wonder. "Use lessens
• SELF-INTERESTED
  Particularly concerned for one's own interest or happiness.
• DISINTEREST
  Disinterested. The measures they shall walk by shall be disinterest and even. Jer. Taylor.
• FERRANTI PHENOMENON
  An increase in the ratio of transformation of an alternating current converter, accompanied by other changes in electrical conditions, occurring when the secondary of the converter is connected with a condenser of moderate capacity; -- so called
• BY-INTEREST
  Self-interest; private advantage. Atterbury.