quite an

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 a

Questions about quite an

What does quite an mean?

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

What is another word for quite an?

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

quite an 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.