Definition of EXCELLENT

excellent

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

  • very good;of the highest quality
    • "made an excellent speech"
    • "the school has excellent teachers"

Adj

  • Having excelled, having surpassed.
  • Of higher or the highest quality; splendid.
  • Exceptionally good of its kind.
  • Superior in kind or degree, irrespective of moral quality.

Adv

  • Excellently.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

ace, admirable, awe-inspiring, awesome, bang on, bang-up, based, beneship, bitching, bomb, brilliant, bully, cher, choice, chronic, chur, cock on, cool, copacetic, crackerjack, cushty, dank, def, dope, excellent, exceptional, fab, fabulous, fantabulosa, fantabulous, fantastic, finger-lickin' good, fireball, first-class, first-rate, fly, frabjous, gnarly, great, grouse, kicking, killer, lash, lautitious, lit, marvelous, nang, out of sight, outstanding, peng, phat, phenomenal, pukka, quality, rad, radical, rum, sick, slap-up, slick, spiffing, splendid, sterling, super, superb, superior, sweet, swell, terrific, tight, top, top-drawer, top-hole, top-notch, top-of-the-range, top-shelf, topping, tubular, wicked, wicked pissah, wonderful, worldie

Antonyms

bad, inferior, poor, terrible

Scrabble Score: 18

excellent is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
excellent is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
excellent is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 22

excellent is a valid Words With Friends word