exceptional
Syllables: ex·cep·tion·al/ɪkˈsɛpʃənəl/
exceptional adjective: forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare.
Adjective
exceptional (comparative more exceptional, superlative most exceptional)
- Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare.
- What an exceptional meal!
- Synonyms:
- especial
- Requiring special schooling for reasons of intellectual giftedness or physical or mental disability.
- The origins of the conditions and disorders that exceptional learners have are not always well understood.
- Better than the average; superior due to exception or rarity.
- The quality of the beer was exceptional.
- Corresponding to something of lower dimension under a birational correspondence.
- an exceptional curve; an exceptional divisor
Noun
exceptional (plural exceptionals)
- An exception, or something having an exceptional value
- Above and beyond all these exceptionals, by reason of divergencies from the norms of mental and of physical status, there are quite a number of moral defectives.1909, Pediatrics, volume 21, page 276
exceptional meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
exceptional in Hindi
- अपवादात्मक
exceptional in Tamil
- வரையிகந்த, விதிவிலக்கான, விசித்திரமான, அபூர்வமான, தனித்தன்மை கொண்ட, தனிச்சிறப்பு வாய்ந்த
exceptional in Marathi
- अपवादात्मक
exceptional in Urdu
- مستثنیٰ, شاذ
More languagesFewer languages
- exceptional in Bengali
- ব্যতিক্রমী, অসাধারণ, বিশেষ, বিরল
- exceptional in Malayalam
- അസാധാരണ asādhāraṇa
- exceptional in Kannada
- ಅತ್ಯುತ್ತಮವಾದ, ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠವಾದ, ವಿನಾಯಿತಿ ಮಾಡಿರುವ
- exceptional in Gujarati
- અપવાદરૂપ
- exceptional in Odia
- ବ୍ଯ଼ତିକ୍ରମୀ
- exceptional in Nepali
- अपवादात्मक
- exceptional in Arabic
- اِسْتِثْنَائِيّ istiṯnāʔiyy
Examples of exceptional in a sentence
- Heavy rainfall is not the kind of exceptional phenomenon to which the Act of God exception applies.
- Even in a city synonymous with tall skyscrapers, the tower was exceptional in its altitudinousness.
- The new system provides exceptional quality of the reception signal.
Synonyms of exceptional
Antonyms
Forms of exceptional
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more exceptional |
| superlative | most exceptional |
| Noun | |
| plural | exceptionals |
Origin of exceptional
From exception + -al.
Words formed from exceptional
Phrases with exceptional
Questions about exceptional
- What does exceptional mean?
- Exceptional means forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare.
- What is exceptional in Hindi?
- Exceptional in Hindi is अपवादात्मक. See Exceptional meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is exceptional?
- Exceptional can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce exceptional?
- Exceptional is pronounced /ɪkˈsɛpʃənəl/.
Words near exceptional in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: exceptional (page history and authors); exceptional (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); exceptional (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); exceptional (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); exceptional (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); exceptional (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); exceptional (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); exceptional (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); exceptional (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); exceptional (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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