What does excellent mean?

excellent means "very good; of the highest quality".

How many syllables are in excellent?

excellent has 3 syllables: ex-cel-lent. The stress falls on "ex". In IPA it is /ˈɛksələnt/.

What is another word for excellent?

Close synonyms include first-class, fantabulous, splendid, ripping. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is excellent a common word?

excellent is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

excellent — meaning, pronunciation and definition

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
very good; of the highest quality
“made an excellent speech”
“he was a splendid teacher”
“a first-class mind”
Synonymsfirst-class fantabulous splendid ripping
Similarsuperior
colloquialism · United Kingdom

Questions about excellent

What does excellent mean?: excellent means "very good; of the highest quality".
How many syllables are in excellent?: excellent has 3 syllables: ex-cel-lent. The stress falls on "ex". In IPA it is /ˈɛksələnt/.
What is another word for excellent?: Close synonyms include first-class, fantabulous, splendid, ripping. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is excellent a common word?: excellent is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for excellent come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
very good; of the highest quality
“made an excellent speech”
“he was a splendid teacher”
“a first-class mind”
Synonymsfirst-class fantabulous splendid ripping
Similarsuperior
colloquialism · United Kingdom

Questions about excellent

What does excellent mean?: excellent means "very good; of the highest quality".
How many syllables are in excellent?: excellent has 3 syllables: ex-cel-lent. The stress falls on "ex". In IPA it is /ˈɛksələnt/.
What is another word for excellent?: Close synonyms include first-class, fantabulous, splendid, ripping. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is excellent a common word?: excellent is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

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