different between wonderful vs helpful
wonderful
English
Alternative forms
- wonderfool (eye dialect), woonderful (eye dialect), wonderfull (archaic), wondreful (obsolete), wondrefull (obsolete), 1drfl (internet slang)
Etymology
From Middle English wonderful, wondirful, from Old English wundorful (“wonderful”), from Proto-West Germanic *wundrafull, equivalent to wonder +? -ful. Cognate Dutch wondervol (“wonderful”), German wundervoll (“wonderful”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?w?n.d?.fl/
- (US) IPA(key): /?w?n.d?.fl?/
- Rhymes: blunderful
Adjective
wonderful (comparative wonderfuller or wonderfuler or more wonderful, superlative wonderfullest or wonderfulest or most wonderful)
- Tending to excite wonder; surprising, extraordinary.
- 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial 2007, p. 278:
- He is massively corrupt. It is wonderful how the man's popularity survives.
- 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial 2007, p. 278:
- Surprisingly excellent; very good or admirable, extremely impressive.
- They served a wonderful six-course meal.
Synonyms
- (excellent, extremely impressive): great, amazing, astonishing, incredible, marvelous, fantastic, frabjous, mint
- See also Thesaurus:wonderful
- See also Thesaurus:excellent
Antonyms
- (excellent, extremely impressive): terrible, horrible
Translations
Adverb
wonderful (not comparable)
- (dialect) Exceedingly, to a great extent.
Related terms
- women are wonderful effect
- wonder
- wonderfully
- wonderland
- wonderment
- wondrous
Anagrams
- underflow, wondreful
wonderful From the web:
- what wonderful world
- what wonderful world lyrics
- what wonderful things you will be
- what wonderful name it is
- what wonderful name it is lyrics
- what wonderful news
- what wonderful world louis armstrong
- what wonderful person was born in june
helpful
English
Alternative forms
- helpfull (archaic)
Etymology
help +? -ful
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?h?lp.f?l/, /?h?lp.f?l/
Adjective
helpful (comparative more helpful, superlative most helpful)
- Furnishing help; giving aid; useful.
- Antonym: unhelpful
Derived terms
- helpfully
- helpfulness
- unhelpful
Translations
helpful From the web:
- what helpful means
- what helpful grade 4 practice
- what helpful earthquake tips
- what helpful grade
- what helpful insights drawn from this activity
- what does helpful mean
- what is beneficial meaning
Share
Tweet
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share
you may also like
- wonderful vs helpful
- withdraw vs extirpate
- sorrow vs disease
- lag vs stir
- keenness vs sharp-wittedness
- instinct vs character
- strict vs rogod
- crew vs partnership
- stockpile vs cache
- animated vs sincere
- hector vs domineer
- incite vs aid
- iron vs calender
- colossal vs mountainous
- whisper vs grunt
- exalted vs conspicuous
- insupportable vs unspeakable
- avow vs assent
- inspect vs discover
- quarrel vs disturbance