Definitions for excellent
ˈɛk sə ləntex·cel·lent

Princeton's WordNet(3.75 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. excellent, first-class, fantabulous, splendidadjective

   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. excellentadverb

   Excellently.

2. excellentadjective

   Of the highest quality; splendid.

3. excellentadjective

   Exceptionally good of its kind.

4. Etymology: From Latin excellens, present participle of excello

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Excellentadjective

   Etymology: excellens, Latin.

   1. Of great virtue; of great worth; of great dignity.

   Arts and sciences are excellent, in order to certain ends. Tayl.

   2. Eminent in any good quality.

   He is excellent in power and in judgment. Job xxxvii. 23.

Webster Dictionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Excellentadjective

   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. Excellentadjective

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

3. Excellentadverb

   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

How to pronounce excellent?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say excellent in sign language?

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

Examples of excellent in a Sentence

1. Donald Trump:

   Again, my relationship with the Muslim community is excellent. I've had people call me at the highest level saying, 'You're doing us a favor' because they know they have a problem very well. They really know they have a problem.

2. Eva Applebee:

   He is an excellent actor, having fooled us and his very own family for years, acting like he cared, like he respected us. But instead we found out it was a big act.

3. Cheng Hong:

   Of course we study the spirit of Xi Jinping's speeches in the traditional way, but now that we have the app, party members can basically learn the excellent ideas of the national leaders every day.

4. Peter Hancock:

   If a Brexit should occur, I suspect we will need a hub within the EU and there are some excellent choices, some of which we have examined.

5. Douglas Hurley:

   Crew Dragon was Crew Dragon, and Douglas Hurley had good airflow, so Douglas Hurley had an excellent, excellent evening.

Popularity rank by frequency of use