Excellent
Contents
English
Adjective
Excellent (comparative more Excellent, superlative most Excellent)
Adverb
Excellent (comparative more Excellent, superlative most Excellent)
- (obsolete) Excellently.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York Review Books 2001, p. 287:
- Lucian, in his tract de Mercede conductis, hath excellent well deciphered such men's proceedings in his picture of Opulentia [...].
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York Review Books 2001, p. 287:
Adverbs for Excellent
dependably; consistently; consciously; reliably; obviously; evidently; palpably; incomparably; matchlessly; surprisingly; brilliantly; artistically; genuinely.
Synonyms for Excellent
peerless, admirable, estimable, surpassing, best, eminent, meritorious, valuable, prime.
Antonyms for Excellent
inferior, lesser, poor, negligible.
Derived terms
Thesaurus
Al, Attic, Daedalian, Grade A, a cut above, above, adept, admirable, adroit, advantageous, aesthetic, aggrandized, ahead, apotheosized, apt, artistic, ascendant, auspicious, authoritative, awesome, bang-up, banner, beatified, beneficial, benevolent, better, big, blue-ribbon, bon, bonny, bonzer, boss, bravura, braw, brilliant, bueno, bully, bunkum, canonized, capital, capping, champion, chaste, choice, chosen, classic, classical, clean, clever, cogent, commendable, cool, coordinated, crack, crackerjack, cunning, cute, daedal, dandy, deft, deified, dexterous, dextrous, diplomatic, distinguished, eclipsing, elegant, elevated, eminent, ennobled, enshrined, enthroned, estimable, exalted, exceeding, excelling, exceptional, expedient, expert, extraordinary, fair, famous, fancy, fantastic, favorable, fine, finer, first-class, first-rate, first-string, glorified, good, goodish, goodly, graceful, grand, great, greater, handy, healthy, hear, held in awe, helpful, high, high and mighty, higher, immortal, immortalized, in ascendancy, in good taste, in the ascendant, ingenious, kind, laudable, lofty, magic, magisterial, magnified, major, marked, masterful, masterly, matchless, mighty, neat, nice, no mean, noble, nonpareil, notable, noteworthy, number one, of choice, of quality, one up on, ordinary, outstanding, over, par excellence, peerless, pleasant, pleasing, politic, prime, professional, proficient, profitable, pure, quality, quick, quiet, quite some, rare, ready, regal, remarkable, resourceful, restrained, ripping, rivaling, royal, sainted, sanctified, select, shrined, simple, skillful, slap-up, slick, smashing, some, sound, sovereign, splendid, statesmanlike, sterling, stunning, stylish, subdued, sublime, super, superb, supereminent, superior, superlative, supreme, surpassing, swingeing, tactful, tasteful, terrific, the best, the compleat, the complete, throned, top, top-hole, top-notch, topping, transcendent, transcendental, transcending, unaffected, understated, unobtrusive, upper, useful, valid, very good, virtuoso, virtuous, well-chosen, well-done, without equal, workmanlike, worthy
Etymology
From Latin excellēns (“elevated, exalted”), present participle of excellō (“elevate, exult”)
Pronunciation
Translations
Adjective
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Statistics
- Most common English words before 1923: doctor · Michael · fee · #997: excellent · Peter · instant · promised
Dutch
Adjective
excellent
- Excellent; splendid.
French
Pronunciation
Adjective
Excellent m. (f. Excellente, m. plural Excellents, f. plural Excellentes)
- Excellent; splendid.
Verb
Excellent
- third-person plural present indicative of exceller
- third-person plural present subjunctive of exceller
Latin
Verb
excellent
- third-person plural future active indicative of excellō
