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wonderland

wonderland

77 5.0
A place full of beauty and magic that feels like a dream
  • noun
  • /ˈwʌndərlænd/
translation icon : país de las maravillas
  • It's like a unique event and apparently it's a Christmas Wonderland built out of Lego bricks.
  • Alice in Wonderland
  • Adventures in Wonderland

We have officially left ball and entered a magical winter Wonderland.

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Examples

  • For most kids, it was a magnificent wonderland of adventure.

  • Growing up, it was like this Wonderland that I wanted to live at or live in.

  • That night, I discovered a wonderland.

  • As I travelled, I learned that Harvard is not the Wonderland where things always work like magic.

  • In the winter Wonderland of Antarctica, Earth is covered in lakes.

  • The city is lit up with millions of tiny lights, like a fantasy winter wonderland.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • To them in the darkness, Dublin will be a heaven, Grafton St. a wonderland.

  • Jack slowed his vehicle to a gentle glide as he entered a natural wonderland, a deep ocean oasis.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • As we entered the festival, it felt like stepping into a beautiful wonderland full of lights and music.

  • The garden was a magical wonderland of colors and fragrant flowers that delighted all who visited.

Synonyms

paradise
vswonderland
192 4.0

A place or state of perfect happiness and peace

focuses on beauty and magic as well as happiness not only peace
dreamland
vswonderland
13 5.1

A pleasant imaginary place you visit in sleep or imagination

can be real or imaginary not limited to dream existence
fairyland
vswonderland
  • Literature
7 5.5

A beautiful imaginary place in stories where small magical creatures live

is broader allowing real places with magic or wonderful things
fantasyland
vswonderland
3 6.1

An imaginary place where everything is perfect and magical

focuses on magical wonder rather than unreal perfection
dreamworld
vswonderland
2 6.6

An imagined perfect place that exists only in dreams

is open to real wonder and magical things not only ideals
paradise on earth
vswonderland
2 4.2

A very beautiful place where people feel happy and peaceful

emphasizes magic and wonder rather than only earthly perfection
earthly paradise
vswonderland
1 5.8

A beautiful peaceful place on earth that seems perfect

allows imaginary magical qualities not limited to earthly perfection
world of wonder
vswonderland
1 4.5

A place full of exciting and surprising things that make you feel amazed

includes magic and wonderful things rather than only exciting sights
Slumberland
vswonderland
  • Literature
1 8.0

An imaginary land of dreams in stories and books

is broader covering any beautiful magical place beyond just stories

Antonyms

1 7.2

A state of being ordinary and not interesting

1 3.7

Something that is not interesting or exciting

1 8.1

A situation when nothing useful can be produced

How Magical

fantasy world
21 4.4
wonderland
77 5.0
happy place
  • Informal
15 3.9

Surface Forms

wonderland singular
wonderlands plural

Morphology

wonderland = wonder + land (transparent) = wonder + land

The compound 'wonderland' directly denotes a place characterized by wonders, so knowing 'wonder' + 'land' allows learners to infer the meaning.

Etymology

Wonderland joins wonder, which means 'a feeling of surprise and delight', and land, which means 'place', and it was made famous by the story 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland', which shows a world of magic and strange beauty. So a wonderland today is any real or imagined 'place' full of beauty, magic, or wonderful things.