Meaning & use

supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

adjective·Advanced

A playful nonsense word meaning wonderful or fantastic, popularized by the movie Mary Poppins.

See it in a sentence

The children shouted supercalifragilisticexpialidocious whenever something amazing happened during the trip.

He joked that the fireworks display was nothing short of supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.

A note on using this word

This famously long word is invented and used mainly for fun; it is not found in serious or formal writing.

Words with a similar meaning

fantasticwonderful

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