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stand-out

stand-out is the alternative form of standout.

Meaning of standout

Adjective

standout (not comparable)

  1. Exceptional; noteworthy.
    • The band played well, but the acrobats gave the standout performance.
    Synonyms:
    outstanding

See all 3 meanings of standout

Origin of stand-out

Deverbal from stand out.

Questions about stand-out

What is stand-out the alternative form of?
Stand-out is the alternative form of standout.

Words near stand-out in the dictionary

  1. stand-off
  2. stand-offish
  3. stand-offishly
  4. stand-offishness
  5. stand-offs
  6. stand-out
  7. stand-point
  8. stand-points
  9. stand-to
  10. stand-to-pee
  11. stand-to-pees

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stand-out (page history and authors); standout (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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