marvel, n. 1. wonder, wonderful thing, amazing thing, quite a thing, really something; prodigy, miracle, phenomenon; sight, spectacle, sensation, eye opener, SI. stunner, SI. mind-boggier, SI. mind-blower; curiosity, rarity, nonesuch, one in a thousand; All Inf. one for the book, something to brag about, something to write home about, something to shout about, something else.
-v. 2. wonder or wonder at, stare, gape, gawk, goggle, look or stand aghast or agog, rub one's eyes, not believe one's eyes or ears.
marvelous, adj. 1. wondrous, extraordinary, remarkable, phenomenal; surprising, unheard-of, unprecedented, unparalleled, unexampled; fabulous, fantastic, SI. far-out; amazing, astounding, astonishing, miraculous, surpassing belief; staggering, breathtaking, SI. stunning; indescribable, ineffable, mind-boggling, SI. mind-blowing.
2. superb, splendid, glorious, divine, terrific, SI. ter-rif, sensational, exceptional, SI. marvy, SI. out-of-this-world; wonderful, smashing, superfine, superex-cellent, SI. super, Inf. super-duper, Australian. bonzer; excellent, great, first-class, superior, Inf. A-l or A-one or A-number-one, Brit. SI. spot on, Brit. SI. bang on.
3. improbable, unlikely, hard or difficult to believe, unbelievable, implausible, inconceivable, incredible.
marvelously, adv. 1. wondrously, extraordinarily, remarkably, phenomenally; surprisingly, amazingly, astoundingly, astonishingly, miraculously; fabulously, fantastically, staggeringly, breathtakingly, SI. stunningly; indescribably, ineffably, mind-bogglingly, SI. mind-blowingly.
2. superbly, splendidly, gloriously, divinely, terrifically, sensationally, exceptionally; wonderfully, smashingly.
3. improbably, implausibly, unbelievably, inconceivably, incredibly.
mascot, n. charm, good luck charm, talisman, amulet, lucky piece; lucky charm, horseshoe, rabbit's foot, wishbone, Brit, merrythought; periapt, abraxas, scarab, phylactery, fetish; protector, preservative, safeguard.
masculine, adj. 1. manly, virile, manful, macho; robust, muscular, athletic, brawny, sinewy, wiry, strapping, husky, stalwart, sturdy, hardy; strong, vigorous, lusty, energetic, powerful, mighty, forceful, forcible, potent, puissant, dynamic; brave, courageous, bold, bold-spirited, daring, valiant, valorous, heroic, gallant; stout, stout-hearted, lionhearted, iron-hearted, intrepid, fearless, unafraid, dauntless, dreadless, nervy, SI. gutsy.
2. male, men's, man's, of or for men; androcentric, male-dominated, male-oriented, patriarchal.
3. (of a woman) mannish, manlike, SI. butch; unfeminine, unwomanly; Amazonian; hairy, hirsute.
masculinity, n. manliness, virility, manfulness, maleness, manhood, masculineness, machismo, macho; robustness, muscularity, muscle, brawn, brawniness, sinew, sinewiness; strength, stongness, vigor, vigorousness, lustiness, power, powerfulness, mightiness, forcefulness, potency. Literary, puissance; bravery, courage, boldness, valiance, valiancy, valor, valorousness, prowess, heroism, gallantry, gallantness, Usu. Disparaging, bravado; stout-heartedness, lionhearted-ness, ironheartedness, intrepidity, intrepidness, fearlessness, dauntlessness, awelessness, dreadlessness, nerve, pluck, grit, SI. guts.
mash, n. 1. mass, mush, cooked cereal, Inf. glop, Inf. goop; squash, ooze, slush, pulp, paste, pap, dough, beer wort, livestock feed.