phenomenon
phenomenon is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.That which strikes one as strange, unusual, or unaccountable; an extraordinary or very remarkable person, thing, or occurrence; as, a musical phenomenon.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accident
- accidental
- adscititious
- adventitious
- apparent
- appearance
- ascititious
- bomb
- can
- contingent
- coup
- curiosity
- ego
- eruption
- external
- extraneous
- extrinsic
- extrinsical
- extrinsicality
- fire
- foreign
- fortuitous
- from
- gazingstock
- incidental
- light
- lion
- marvel
- mirabilis
- miracle
- modal
- monster
- non
- nonessential
- objective
- objectiveness
- outward
- paint
- peal
- poi
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is phenomenon.
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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