excellent
excellent is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Superior in kind or degree, irrespective of moral quality; -- used with words of a bad significance. [Obs. or Ironical] "An excellent hypocrite." Hume. Their sorrows are most excellent. Beau. & Fl.
- 2.Excellently; eminently; exceedingly. [Obs.] "This comes off well and excellent." Shak.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- air
- and
- bell
- better
- bill
- bloom
- bobbish
- body
- brave
- buck
- can
- case
- clean
- cure
- daisy
- enjoy
- est
- eupepsia
- feather
- fine
- fire
- florid
- flourish
- flush
- fresh
- full
- get
- good
- green
- hale
- hardy
- have
- health
- healthful
- healthy
- hearty
- high
- improve
- incorruptibility
- incorruption
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is excellent.
- What is superior in kind or degree, irrespective of moral quality; -- used with words of a bad significance. [Obs. or Ironical] "An excellent hypocrite." Hume. Their sorrows are most excellent. Beau. & Fl called?
- What is excellently; eminently; exceedingly. [Obs.] "This comes off well and excellent." Shak called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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