excellent
[adjective]
Synonyms: outstanding, brilliant, exquisite, fine, first-class, first-rate, good, great, superb, superlative, world-class

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Antonyms: execrable
Contrasted words: mediocre, bad, inadequate, inferior, low, low-grade, low-quality, substandard, fourth-rate, second-class, second-rate, poor, shoddy, sorry, unsatisfactory, wretched, commonplace, ordinary
Related Idioms: all wool and a yard wide, beyond compare, out of this world
Related Words: high-class, high-grade, proper, rum, distinguished, exceptional, premium, brag, incomparable, magnificent, nobby, sensational, smart, superb, superlative, terrific, tip-top, unsurpassed

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English Thesaurus: excellent, great, fantastic/terrific/wonderful, amazing/incredible, superb, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

ex‧cel‧lent S1 W2 /ˈeksələnt/ adjective
[Word Family: noun: excellence, Excellency; verb: excel; adverb: excellently; adjective: excellent]

1. extremely good or of very high quality:
an excellent suggestion
His car is in excellent condition.
Second-hand computers can be excellent value.

2. spoken said when you approve of something Synonym : great:
‘I’ll bring the books over tonight.’ ‘Excellent.’
—excellently adverb

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

excellent
adj.
VERBS appear, be, look, prove, seem, sound | become | consider sth The school is considered excellent.
ADV. most, really, truly | absolutely, quite | rather | generally The meals are generally excellent.
uniformly The performances and recordings are uniformly excellent.
apparently | potentially | otherwise In an otherwise excellent issue about global warming, I found Jeremy Creed's article very unconvincing.
PREP. at Clancey was excellent at keeping the kids under control.
for These potatoes are excellent for baking.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

excellent extremely good or of very high quality:
His English was excellent.
an excellent piece of work
great spoken extremely good. Great is less formal than excellent, and is the usual word to use in everyday spoken English:
‘Did you have a good holiday?' 'It was great!’
He did a great job as captain.
fantastic/terrific/wonderful spoken extremely good. These words sound even more excited than great or excellent:
‘I passed my exam.’ ‘That’s fantastic!’
Last year Jess had a terrific season, averaging eleven points a game.
The trip will be a wonderful opportunity for the children.
amazing/incredible extremely good in a surprising and exciting way:
an amazing view of Tokyo
The trip was an incredible experience.
superb extremely good – used especially when you are very impressed by something:
The acting was superb.
There is a superb range of cheeses.
first-class of a high quality and much better than most others:
The service is first-class.
a first-class restaurant
outstanding extremely good – used when saying how well someone does something:
He’s an outstanding player.
It was an outstanding performance by a talented young actor.
exceptional unusually good – used when saying that someone or something is much better than any others:
She has an exceptional talent.
He writes good essays, but I wouldn’t say that his work is particularly exceptional.
Merits are given as an honour for exceptional achievement.
out of this world [not before noun] spoken informal used when saying that something is so good that it is better than anything you could have imagined:
The food is out of this world.
awesome especially American English very good:
It was an awesome concert.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

fantastic/terrific spoken extremely good, in a way that makes you feel excited and happy – used mainly in spoken English:
The view from the top was fantastic.
He did a fantastic job.
That’s a terrific idea!
‘I passed!’ ‘That’s terrific!’
great spoken extremely good – used mainly in spoken English:
Thanks for a great afternoon.
‘Did you have a good holiday?' ’It was great!'
excellent extremely good – used especially about the quality of something. Excellent is more formal than fantastic/terrific or great, and is used in both spoken and written English:
Our local theatre has put on some excellent productions.
It is an excellent film.
wonderful extremely good in a way that impresses you or makes you very pleased:
She is really a wonderful person.
That’s wonderful news!
marvellous British English, marvelous American English extremely good in a way that impresses you or makes you very pleased. Marvellous sounds a little old-fashioned, but is still fairly common:
We had a marvellous dinner at a little restaurant near the hotel.
Martino’s performance was marvelous.
amazing extremely good in a surprising and exciting way:
Standing there on top of Mount Fuji was an amazing experience.
incredible extremely good in a surprising and exciting way. Incredible is often used when something is so good that it almost seems unlikely:
What a goal! That was incredible!
It was an incredible moment - one that I will never forget.
brilliant British English informal extremely good:
‘How was your trip?’ ‘Absolutely brilliant!’
What a brilliant idea!
be out of this world used when saying that something is so good that you cannot imagine anything better:
Their desserts are out of this world.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲