Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. excellent, first-class, fantabulous, splendid(adj)

   very good;of the highest quality

   "made an excellent speech"; "the school has excellent teachers"; "a first-class mind"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. excellent(Adverb)

   Excellently.

2. excellent(Adjective)

   Of the highest quality; splendid.

3. excellent(Adjective)

   Exceptionally good of its kind.

Origin: From Latin excellens, present participle of excello

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Excellent(adj)

   excelling; surpassing others in some good quality or the sum of qualities; of great worth; eminent, in a good sense; superior; as, an excellent man, artist, citizen, husband, discourse, book, song, etc.; excellent breeding, principles, aims, action

2. Excellent(adj)

   superior in kind or degree, irrespective of moral quality; -- used with words of a bad significance

3. Excellent(adverb)

   excellently; eminently; exceedingly

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'excellent' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1617

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'excellent' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1300

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'excellent' in Adjectives Frequency: #186

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of excellent in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of excellent in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Sample Sentences & Example Usage

1. Torsten Albig:

   She's doing an excellent job.

2. John McCain:

   Think those were excellent words.

3. William Shakespeare, "The Tempest", Act 3 scene 3:

   A kind Of excellent dumb discourse.

4. Jane Adams:

   The excellent becomes the permanent.

5. P.T. Barnum:

   Money is a terrible master but an excellent servant.

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