Miracle
n.hopeful, joyfulwarm
What it means
An extraordinary and welcome event that inspires wonder or gratitude.
Reach for it when describing a highly unlikely positive outcome, with or without a religious claim
Finding the child safe after the storm felt like a miracle to the searchers.
Choose between these
9- everyday
when timely help arrives in a desperate situation
not when Godsend is religious in origin and informal; it usually describes help, not any wonder.
- everyday
stroke of luck
when chance explains an unexpectedly favorable outcome
not when Luck excludes divine interpretation and can trivialize survival or recovery.
- warm
astonishing success
when a result greatly exceeds realistic expectation
not when Success centers achievement and may erase chance, help, or loss.
- warm
when a welcome benefit is understood through gratitude or faith
not when Blessing carries religious meaning and can be uncomfortable outside that framework.
- warm
when an extraordinary thing inspires admiration and curiosity
not when Wonder does not imply an unlikely event or divine action.
- professional
when a major advance follows sustained work
not when Breakthrough credits development, so it misfits an event attributed mainly to chance.
- professional
extraordinary event
when neutral language should avoid a supernatural claim
not when The phrase is factual but loses gratitude and wonder.
- formal
near-impossibility
when extreme improbability is the main point
not when The phrase is analytical and does not express the welcome nature of the outcome.
- literary
for something astonishing because of its excellence or design
not when Marvel often credits human or natural qualities rather than improbable rescue.
Said against
3- disaster
- calamity
- ordinary event
It naturally appears in
4- small miracle
Keeping every seedling alive through the frost was a small miracle.
- medical miracle
The family called the unexpected recovery a medical miracle.
- nothing short of a miracle
Their safe arrival seemed nothing short of a miracle after the bridge failed.
- believe in miracles
The song asks whether tired people can still believe in miracles.
Where this comes from
Miracle can assert divine intervention or work figuratively. Do not impose either interpretation on someone else's survival, illness, or faith.
- merriam-webster, noun sense: an extraordinary event attributed to divine intervention or welcomed as remarkable opens in a new tab · retrieved 2026-07-26
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