- exceptionally good; extremely meritorious; superior
ˈexcellently adv
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2022
ex•cel•lent /ˈɛksələnt/USA pronunciation
adj.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2022- having outstanding quality or superior merit;
extremely good:an excellent meal.
ex•cel•lent
(ek′sə lənt),USA pronunciation adj.
ex′cel•lent•ly, adv.
- possessing outstanding quality or superior merit;
remarkably good. - [Archaic.]extraordinary;
superior.
- Latin excellent- (stem of excellēns), present participle of excellere to excel; see -ent
- Middle English 1350–1400
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged worthy, estimable, choice, fine, first-rate, prime, admirable.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged inferior.
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excellent /ˈɛksələnt/ adj
ˈexcellently adv
ˈexcellently adv
'excellent' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
A one
- A, a
- A1
- Corn Belt
- E, e
- account
- ace
- admirable
- amber
- apparatus
- apple-pie order
- as
- awesome
- bad
- bakgat
- bang on
- bang-up
- beaut
- beautiful
- beauty
- bee's knees
- belting
- best
- better
- bitchin'
- bobby dazzler
- bodacious
- bomb
- bonzer
- bosker
- boss
- bottler
- brave
- braw
- brill
- bully
- cadmium red
- capital
- capitally
- cat's whiskers
- champion
- choice
- collection
- cool
- corker
- corking
- counsel
- crack
- crackerjack
- cracking