excellent
UK/ˈɛk.sə.lənt//ˈɛk.sə.lənt/
excellent adjective: having excelled, having surpassed.
Adjective
excellent (comparative more excellent, superlative most excellent)
- Having excelled, having surpassed.
- Of higher or the highest quality; splendid.
- A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; as, again, the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire.1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter I, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans...
- Synonyms:
- number one
- Exceptionally good of its kind.
- Bill and Ted had an excellent adventure last week in preparation for their history exam.
- Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus. That’s because the lenses that are excellent at magnifying tiny subjects produce a narrow depth of field. A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that.2013 July-August, Catherine Clabby, “Focus on Everything”, in American Scientist
- Superior in kind or degree, irrespective of moral quality.
- Elizabeth, therefore, who was an excellent hypocrite1754–1762, David Hume, “(please specify the page)”, in [The History of England ], volume (please specify |volume=1 to 6), London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […]
- Their sorrows are most excellent.1616–1618, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, Nathan Field, “The Queene of Corinth”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647...
Adverb
excellent (comparative more excellent, superlative most excellent)
- Excellently.
- Lucian, in his tract de Mercede conductis, hath excellent well deciphered such men's proceedings in his picture of Opulentia […]., New York Review Books 2001, p.287
excellent meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
excellent in Hindi
- of the highest quality
- उत्कृष्ट utkŕṣṭ, श्रेष्ठ śreṣṭh, उत्तम uttam
excellent in Tamil
- அருமை, மிகச்சிறந்த, மேன்மையான, சீரிய, அபார, அபாரமான
excellent in Marathi
- excellent
- उत्कृष्ट utkruṣṭa
excellent in Urdu
- excellent, sweet, delicious and the like
- طوبی tūbā
- excellent
- عمدہ 'umda, نجیب najīb
- excellent; virtuous; excellent in learning, learned, erudite; perfect, accomplished
- فاضل fāzil
- excellent, superb
- قشنگ qaśaṅg
More languagesFewer languages
- excellent in Bengali
- উৎকৃষ্ট utkriśṭo, শ্রেষ্ঠ sreśṭho, ফাটাফাটি phaṭaphaṭi, আউয়াল auẏal
- excellent in Telugu
- ఋషభము r̥ṣabhamu, శార్దూలము śārdūlamu, మేలుబంతి mēlubanti, తలమానికము talamānikamu
- excellent in Malayalam
- ഗംഭീരം gambhīraṁ, അത്യുത്തമം atyuttamaṁ, ഒന്നാന്തരം onnāntaraṁ, മികച്ച mikacca
- excellent in Kannada
- ಅಣ್ಣೆ, ಉರುವ, ಆಣಿ, ಮೇಲ್ಮೆಯ
- excellent in Gujarati
- સરસ saras
- excellent in Odia
- ମହା mahā, ଉତ୍କୃଷ୍ଟ utkruṣṭa, ଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ śreṣṭha, ଉତ୍ତର uttara
- excellent in Sanskrit
- वसु vásu, उद्भट udbhaṭa, प्रवर pravara, भद्र bhadrá
- excellent in Nepali
- श्रेष्ठ śreṣṭha
- excellent in Pashto
- غوره ğwara
- excellent in Arabic
- مُمْتَاز mumtāz, فَاخِر fāḵir
- excellent in Indonesian
- unggul
- excellent in Persian
- عالی 'âli
- excellent in Thai
- ยอดเยี่ยม yôt yîam
- excellent in Vietnamese
- xuất sắc, tuyệt vời, ưu
Examples of excellent in a sentence
- Her excellent organisation skills derive from her time as a secretary in the army.
- Excellent time management helped her succeed in all facets of her life.
- Be sure to praise Bobby for his excellent work at school this week.
Synonyms of excellent
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Antonyms
Forms of excellent
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more excellent |
| superlative | most excellent |
| Adverb | |
| comparative | more excellent |
| superlative | most excellent |
Origin of excellent
From Middle English excellent, from Old French excellent, from Latin excellēns (“elevated, exalted”), present participle of excellō (“elevate, exult”), equivalent to excel + -ent.
Words formed from excellent
Questions about excellent
- What does excellent mean?
- Excellent means having excelled, having surpassed.
- What is excellent in Hindi?
- Excellent in Hindi is उत्कृष्ट (utkŕṣṭ), श्रेष्ठ (śreṣṭh), उत्तम (uttam). See Excellent meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is excellent?
- Excellent can be an adjective or an adverb.
- How do you pronounce excellent?
- Excellent is pronounced /ˈɛk.sə.lənt/ (UK).
Words near excellent in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: excellent (page history and authors); excellent (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); उत्कृष्ट (Marathi) (page history and authors); طوبی (Urdu) (page history and authors); అసలు (Telugu) (page history and authors); അത്യുത്തമം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); excellent (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); સરસ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ଉତ୍କୃଷ୍ଟ (Odia) (page history and authors); उत्कृष्ट (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); श्रेष्ठ (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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