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ex·cel·lent

excellent

pronunciation:
ek s lihnt
part of speech: adjective
definition: of high quality; extremely good; superior.
I can recommend some excellent restaurants downtown.She's putting in a lot of thought and effort, and her school work is excellent as a result.
synonyms:
classic, exceptional, fine, outstanding, select, splendid, super, superior, topnotch, tremendous
antonyms:
average, awful, execrable, ghastly, inferior, mediocre, poor, sorry, terrible, third-rate, woeful, wretched
similar words:
ace, banner, beautiful, best, blue-ribbon, brave, bully, capital, choice, dandy, fabulous, fancy, fantastic, favorable, first-rate, great, magnificent, out of this world, prime, quality, royal, sterling, strong, sublime, superb, superlative, swell, terrific, top-drawer, tough, wonderful
derivation: excellently (adv.)