Home › Words › B › boncerboncerboncer means remarkable; wonderful.EtymologyIn marble sense: British dialect (north Hampshire), probably variant of bouncer (“a large thing”). In slang sense (= remarkable, excellent): replaced by voiced variant bonzer.adjRemarkable; wonderful.e.g.“The Trout boys had often spent the day with the Burnells in town, but now that they lived in this fine house and boncer garden they were inclined to be very friendly.” — 1918 June, Katherine Mansfield [pseudonym; Kathleen Mansfield Murry], “Prelude”, in Bliss and Other Stories, London: Constable & Company, published 1920, →OCLC, chapter 8, page 45:nounA kind of large marble; a bonce.Something remarkable, wonderful, excellent, etc.e.g.“‘Of course the hero of the meeting was A.H. Holder, and let me tell you he is a ‘boncer’.” — 1897 April 3, The Auckland Star, Supplement, page 2:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.bontosher 70% match — Someone or something impressive and wonderful. vs boncer →bosker 70% match — excellent; wonderful; bonzer. vs boncer →boshter 66% match — Excellent; wonderful. vs boncer →bonzer 66% match — Remarkable; wonderful; excellent; terrific. vs boncer →bontodger 65% match — Excellent; wonderful. vs boncer →bontoshter 64% match — Excellent; wonderful. vs boncer →bouncingly 62% match — With a bouncing motion. vs boncer →boster 62% match — A particularly impressive and admirable person or thing. vs boncer →