excellent

adjective
/ˈɛk.sə lənt/

Having excelled, having surpassed.

Other meanings

Of higher or the highest quality; splendid.
Exceptionally good of its kind.
“Bill and Ted had an excellent adventure last week in preparation for their history exam.”

Synonyms

splendid
mean

Antonyms

poor
terrible

Related words

eggcellent
sexcellent
superexcellent
unexcellent
excellence
excellently
excellentness

Example sentences

“Making excellent products is only part of the equation.”
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0
“She had an excellent wife.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Latin "excellēns" (elevated, exalted).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “excellent” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.