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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | superior, wonderful |
| Synonyms: | A-1, accomplished, admirable, attractive, capital, certified, champion, choice, choicest, desirable, distinctive, distinguished, estimable, exceptional, exemplary, exquisite, fine, finest, first, first-class, first-rate, good, great, high, incomparable, invaluable, magnificent, meritorious, notable, noted, outstanding, peerless, piked, premium, priceless, prime, select, skillful, sterling, striking, superb, superlative, supreme, tiptop, top-notch, transcendent, world-class |
| Antonyms: | bad, failing, imperfect, indistinguished, inferior, poor, second-class, second-rate, unnoteworthy, unworthy |
| Main Entry: | aces |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | great |
| Synonyms: | excellent, fabulous, peachy, wonderful |
| Main Entry: | admirable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | held in great respect |
| Synonyms: | A-1, A-OK, ace*, attractive, best ever, cat's pajamas, choice, commendable, cool*, copacetic, crackerjack*, deserving, dream*, estimable, excellent, exquisite, fine, good, great, greatest, hunky dory, keen*, laudable, meritable, meritorious, neat*, out of sight, out of this world, peachy*, praiseworthy, rare, solid, super, super-duper, superior, unreal*, valuable, wicked*, wonderful, worthy, zero cool |
| Antonyms: | contemptible, despicable, detestable, hateful, loathsome, repugnant, repulsive, shameful, unworthy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Example Sentences
- These hunters have excellent hearing and vision and prefer to hunt under the cover of night.
- You must have had an excellent art teacher in school.
- These birds are excellent flyers and can be seen swooping low over the water to dive in and catch fish.
| Main Entry: | advanced |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ahead in position, time, manner |
| Synonyms: | avant-garde, breakthrough, cutting-edge, excellent, exceptional, extreme, first, foremost, forward, higher, late, leading, leading-edge, liberal, precocious, progressive, radical, state-of-the-art*, unconventional |
| Antonyms: | after, behind |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | beautiful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | physically attractive |
| Synonyms: | admirable, alluring, angelic, appealing, beauteous, bewitching, charming, classy, comely, cute, dazzling, delicate, delightful, divine, elegant, enticing, excellent, exquisite, fair, fascinating, fine, foxy*, good-looking, gorgeous, graceful, grand, handsome, ideal, lovely, magnificent, marvelous, nice, pleasing, pretty, pulchritudinous, radiant, ravishing, refined, resplendent, shapely, sightly, splendid, statuesque, stunning, sublime, superb, symmetrical, taking, well-formed, wonderful |
| Antonyms: | disgusting, grotesque, hideous, homely, offensive, plain, repulsive, ugly, unattractive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | beauty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advantage |
| Synonyms: | asset, attraction, benefit, blessing, boon, excellent, feature, good thing, importance, merit, value, worth |
| Antonyms: | disadvantage |
| Main Entry: | becoming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flattering |
| Synonyms: | acceptable, agreeable, attractive, beautiful, comely, cute, effective, enhancing, excellent, fair, graceful, handsome, neat, nice, presentable, pretty, seemly, tasteful, welcome, well-chosen |
| Antonyms: | indecorous, tasteless, ugly, unattractive, unbecoming, unfitting, unsuitable |
| Main Entry: | boss |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | great |
| Synonyms: | awesome*, bang-up, capital, champion, excellent, fine, first-rate, fly*, top, whiz-bang, wonderful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bright |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hopeful, promising |
| Synonyms: | airy, auspicious, benign, breezy, cheering, encouraging, excellent, favorable, golden, good, optimistic, palmy, propitious, prosperous, rosy |
| Antonyms: | depressing, horrible, threatening, unpromising |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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