excellent
Meaning of excellent
- extremely good; outstanding.
the lorry was in excellent condition
their results are excellent
- used to indicate approval or pleasure.
‘What a lovely idea! Excellent!’
late Middle English (in the general sense ‘outstanding’ in either a good or bad way): from Old French, from Latin excellent- ‘being pre-eminent’, from excellere (see excel). The current appreciatory sense dates from the early 17th century.
Information about excellent
Hyphenation of excellent
ex-cel-lent
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- excellent is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
excellent synonyms
Meaning first-class:
Meaning very good; excellent:
Meaning exceptionally good:
Meaning unusually good; outstanding:
Meaning extremely good or pleasing; splendid:
Meaning inspiring delight, pleasure, or admiration; extremely good; marvellous:
Meaning of very great excellence or beauty:
Meaning having all the required or desirable elements, qualities, or characteristics; as good as it is possible to be:
Meaning (of a person) famous and respected within a particular sphere:
Meaning so good as to be unequalled; incomparable:
Meaning unequalled; unrivalled:
Meaning highest in rank or authority:
Meaning higher in rank, status, or quality:
Meaning of the highest quality or degree:
Meaning excellent; very good:
Meaning arousing or deserving respect and approval:
Meaning having or showing the qualities that deserve the specified action or regard:
Meaning (of a person or their work or qualities) excellent or valuable:
Meaning of very high quality; very good of its kind:
Meaning very good or pleasant; excellent:
Meaning very good:
Meaning extremely good; excellent:
Meaning extremely good or impressive; excellent:
Meaning extraordinarily good or attractive:
Meaning fabulous; wonderful:
Meaning showing stylish excellence:
Meaning extremely impressive or daunting; inspiring awe:
Meaning wonderful; exciting:
Meaning excellent; wonderful:
Meaning of or at a fairly low temperature:
Meaning (of light or colour) very bright:
Meaning a European flatfish that resembles a turbot:
Meaning tough, uncompromising, or intimidating:
Meaning conforming to the rules; legal:
Meaning very good or beautiful:
Meaning excellent; first-rate:
Meaning excellent; splendid:
Meaning splendid; excellent:
Meaning very good or pleasing; excellent:
Meaning wonderful; excellent:
Meaning (of an offence or charge) liable to the death penalty:
Meaning (of an action, idea, or aim) deserving praise and commendation:
excellent antonyms
Meaning lacking sufficient money to live at a standard considered comfortable or normal in a society:
Meaning lower in rank, status, or quality:
Translation of excellent
- German: außerordentlich, vortrefflich, ausgezeichnet, exzellent, vorzüglich, famos
- Portuguese: excelente
- Spanish: bravo, excelente, brava
- French: excellent
- Italian: eccellente
Words that rhyme with excellent
Lent, lent, ambivalent, aquavalent, avalent, bioequivalent, bivalent, counterequivalent, covalent, divalent, electrovalent, entalent, equivalent, equvalent, exhalent, heptavalent, heterovalent, hexavalent, hypervalent, inequivalent, inhalent, intranscalent, isovalent, maltalent, milliequivalent, monovalent, multivalent, noncovalent, nonequivalent, nonprevalent, nonvalent, octavalent, octovalent, omniprevalent, omnivalent, outtalent, pentacovalent, pentavalent, plurivalent, polyvalent, prevalent, quadrivalent, quantivalent, quinquevalent, quinquivalent, septavalent, septivalent, sexavalent, sexivalent, sexvalent