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excellent

  • /ˈɛk.sə.lənt/ UK
  • /ˈɛk.sɪ.lənt/ UK
  • /ˈɛks.lənt/ UK
  • /ˈɛk.sə.lənt/ Canada, US
  • /ˈɛks.lənt/ Canada, US
  • /ˈek.sə.lənt/ Australia, New Zealand
  • /ˈeks.lənt/ Australia, New Zealand

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From Middle English excellent, from Old French excellent, from Latin excellēns (“elevated, exalted”), present participle of excellō (“elevate, exult”), equivalent to excel + -ent.

adjective more excellent · most excellent

  1. Having excelled, having surpassed.
  2. Of higher or the highest quality; splendid. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; as, again, the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire.

    Similar: number one

  3. Exceptionally good of its kind. Bill and Ted had an excellent adventure last week in preparation for their history exam.
  4. Superior in kind or degree, irrespective of moral quality. Elizabeth, therefore, who was an excellent hypocrite

Similar: ace, admirable, amazing, awe-inspiring, awesome, badass, broyal, bang on, bang-up, studly, based, beatific, beneship, bitching, blissful, bomb, brilliant, bully, celestial, cher, choice, chronic, chur, cock on, commendable, cool, copacetic, crackerjack, cushty, dank · Opposite: poor, terrible, bad, inferior

adverb more excellent · most excellent

  1. obsolete Excellently. Lucian, in his tract de Mercede conductis, hath excellent well deciphered such men's proceedings in his picture of Opulentia[…].

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: superior, first-class, superb, fine, high-quality, super, top-notch, excellence, preeminent, quality, world-class, outstanding, top-flight, bang-up, exquisite, best

adjective

Similar: ace, admirable, amazing, awe-inspiring, awesome, badass, broyal, bang on, bang-up, studly, based, beatific, beneship, bitching, blissful, bomb, brilliant, bully, celestial, cher, choice, chronic, chur, cock on, commendable, cool, copacetic, crackerjack, cushty, dank · Opposite: poor, terrible, bad, inferior

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adj of the highest quality

Españolexcelente, sobresaliente, excelso, macanudo, de buten, de bute
한국어완벽한 wanbyeok-han, 훌륭한 hullyung-han
日本語素晴らしい subarashii, 秀でた hiideta, 優秀な yūshū na
中文棒 bàng, 極好 /极好 jíhǎo, 出色 chūsè, 優秀 /优秀 yōuxiù, 卓越 zhuóyuè, 優異 /优异 yōuyì
हिन्दीउत्कृष्ट utkŕṣṭ, श्रेष्ठ śreṣṭh, उत्तम uttam
Portuguêsexcelente
Françaisexcellent
Deutschausgezeichnet, hervorragend, großartig
Italianoeccellente, eccezionale
Ελληνικάέξοχος éxochos, υπέροχος ypérochos, άριστος áristos, θαυμάσιος thavmásios
Românăexcelent
Русскийотли́чный otlíčnyj, превосхо́дный prevosxódnyj, великоле́пный velikolépnyj, отме́нный otménnyj, чуде́сный čudésnyj
Tiếng Việtxuất sắc, tuyệt vời, ưu
العربيةمُمْتَاز mumtāz, فَاخِر fāḵir
עבריתמצוין metsuyan, מְעֻלֶּה m'ullé

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@misc{excellent_2026,
  title = {excellent},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/excellent},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}