excellent

(ĕk'sə-lənt)
adj.

1. Of the highest or finest quality; exceptionally good of its kind.
2. Archaic. Superior.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin excellēns, excellent-, present participle of excellere, to excel. See excel.]

excellently ex'cel·lent·ly adv.

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can be qualified by quite or most, which are adverbs with absolute meaning, but not by very or more, which are grading adverbs:

The quite excellent British Museum Press, which is managing to produce some twenty scholarly titles this season—Art Newspaper, 1992

Lex's quite excellent regard for the incredible sacrifices of the Russians during the war is a perspective we need to take—weblog, American English 2005 [Old English (up to 1150)C].

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adjective

Exceptionally good of its kind: ace, banner, blue-ribbon, brag, capital, champion, fine¹, first-class, first-rate, prime, quality, splendid, superb, superior, terrific, tiptop, top. Informal A-one, bully, dandy, great, swell, topflight, topnotch. Slang boss. Chiefly British tophole. See good/bad.

adj

Definition: superior, wonderful
Antonyms: bad, failing, imperfect, inferior, poor, second-class, second-rate, undistinguished, unnoteworthy, unworthy

IN BRIEF: Very good of its kind.

It often shows an excellent command of language to say nothing. — Karol Newlin.

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For a list of words related to excellent, see:

• Special, Bright, Skillful, or Unusual

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See words rhyming with "excellent."

Common misspelling(s) of excellent

• exelent

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - fortræffelig, ypperlig
int. - udmærket!

Nederlands (Dutch)
uitstekend, excellent

Français (French)
adj. - excellent, admirable, parfait
int. - parfait

Deutsch (German)
adj. - ausgezeichnet, hervorragend
int. - Ausgezeichnet!

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - έξοχος, υπέροχος, εξαιρετικός, εξαίσιος

Italiano (Italian)
eccellente, squisito

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - excelente, eminente

Русский (Russian)
отличный, превосходный, великолепный, прекрасный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - excelente, delicioso, exquisito, sobresaliente
int. - excelente, delicioso, exquisito, sobresaliente

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - utmärkt, ypperlig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
优良的, 出色的, 杰出的, 好极了

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 優良的, 出色的, 傑出的
int. - 好極了

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 우수한
int. - 멋지다!, 훌륭하다!

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 優れた, 優秀な, 優の, けっこうです

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) ممتاز‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מצויין‬
int. - ‮מצוין!, מעולה!‬

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