Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb wonder

3 senses of wonder

Sense 1
wonder, inquire, enquire -- (have a wish or desire to know something; "He wondered who had built this beautiful church")
       => question, query -- (pose a question)

Sense 2
wonder, question -- (place in doubt or express doubtful speculation; "I wonder whether this was the right thing to do"; "she wondered whether it would snow tonight")
       => chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate -- (reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate")

Sense 3
wonder, marvel -- (be amazed at; "We marvelled at the child's linguistic abilities")
       => react, respond -- (show a response or a reaction to something)

Antonyms of adj wondering

1 sense of wondering

Sense 1
inquisitive, speculative, questioning, wondering (prenominal) -- (showing curiosity; "if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive"; "raised a speculative eyebrow")

INDIRECT (VIA curious) -> incurious -- (showing absence of intellectual inquisitiveness or natural curiosity; "strangely incurious about the cause of the political upheaval surrounding them")

Similarity of adj wondering

1 sense of wondering

Sense 1
inquisitive, speculative, questioning, wondering (prenominal) -- (showing curiosity; "if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive"; "raised a speculative eyebrow")
       => curious (vs. incurious) -- (eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns); "a curious child is a teacher's delight"; "a trap door that made me curious"; "curious investigators"; "traffic was slowed by curious rubberneckers"; "curious about the neighbor's doings")