| Phenomenon 1. (n.) An unusual or marvelous occurrence; anything observable; as, the phenomenon of light; phenomena of imagination or memory. 2. (n.) That which strikes one as strange, unusual, or unaccountable; an extraordinary or very remarkable person, thing, or occurrence; as, a musical phenomenon. Thesaurus Entries abnormality, actuality, adventure, amazement, anomaly, apparition, appearance, astonishing thing, astonishment, circumstance, curiosity, episode, event, exception, experience, fact, false image, figure, form, gazingstock, hap, happening, happenstance, image, incident, marvel, marvelment, matter of fact, miracle, mirage, nonesuch, occasion, occurrence, paradox, particular, peculiarity, phantom, phasm, portent, presence, prodigy, quite a thing, rarity, reality, sensation, shape, sight, singularity, something else, spectacle, stunner, turn of events, uniqueness, unusualness, vision, wonder, wonderful thing, wonderment |