quite a

1. 1.

   of an unusually noticeable or exceptional or remarkable kind (not used with a negative)

   “her victory was quite something”

   “she's quite a girl”

   “quite a film”

   “quite a walk”

   “we've had quite an afternoon”

   Synonymsquitequite an

Questions about quite a

What does quite a mean?

quite a means "of an unusually noticeable or exceptional or remarkable kind (not used with a negative)".

What is another word for quite a?

Close synonyms include quite, quite an. 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 quite a a common word?

quite a is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.