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- pronunciation:
- ek
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lihnt
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
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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, marginal, mediocre, poor, sorry, terrible, third-rate, woeful, wretched
- similar words:
- ace, apple-pie, 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, wonderful
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| related words: |
better, consummate, good, laudable, mean, prize, sensational |
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| derivation: |
excellently (adv.) |
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