transcendent

1. 1.

   exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in excellence

   Synonymssurpassing

   Similarsuperior
2. 2.

   beyond and outside the ordinary range of human experience or understanding

   “the notion of any transcendent reality beyond thought”

   Similarunknowable

Questions about transcendent

What does transcendent mean?

transcendent means "exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in excellence". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in transcendent?

transcendent has 3 syllables: tran-scen-dent. The stress falls on "scen". In IPA it is /tɹænˈsɛndənt/.

What is another word for transcendent?

Close synonyms include surpassing. 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 transcendent a common word?

transcendent 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.

What rhymes with transcendent?

3 words rhyme with transcendent. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.