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Definition: Excellent |
ExcellentAdjective1. Of the highest quality; "made an excellent speech"; "the school has excellent teachers"; "a first-class mind". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "excellent" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
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Multilingual Slang | English (the dogs bollocks), Russian (ostokhuitel'no). (references) |
Slang | The dog's bollocks. (references) |
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Synonyms: ExcellentSynonyms: fantabulous (adj), first-class (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Health | Noun: health, sanity; soundness; Adjective: vigor; good health, perfect health, excellent health, rude health, robust health; bloom. mens sana in corpore sano; Hygeia; incorruption, incorruptibility; good state of health, clean bill of health; eupepsia; euphoria, euphory; St. Anthony's fire. |
Inexpedience | Good, good as gold; excellent; better; superior; above par; nice, fine; genuine; (true). |
Virtue | Adjective: virtuous, good; innocent; meritorious, deserving, worthy, desertful, correct; dutiful, duteous; moral; right, righteous, right-minded; well-intentioned, creditable, laudable, commendable, praiseworthy; above all praise, beyond all praise; excellent, admirable; sterling, pure, noble; whole-souled. |
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Screenplays | Excellent. Everything is going as planned (Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones; writing credit: George Lucas) She said that I was to take excellent care of this little guy because you are urgently needed back at work (As Good As It Gets; writing credit: Mark Andrus) Be excellent to each other (Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure; writing credit: Chris Matheson; Ed Solomon) What a truly excellent question (The General's Daughter; writing credit: Christopher Bertolini) That was excellent! (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) | |
Lyrics | I'm sure she'd make a really excellent mother (You Oughta Know; performing artist: Alanis Morissette) A home's the most excellent place of all (Heartlight; performing artist: Neil Diamond) | |
Clever | New Mexico: Lizards Make Excellent Pets (references; author: unknown) Money is an excellent servant, but a horrible master. (references; author: unknown) Attend this meeting and you will hear an excellent speaker and heave a healthy lunch. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The More Excellent Way (1917) Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures (1992) | |
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 | This composite slide shows the Lobund-Wistar rat on the left, and on the right shows a dissection of the rat with urogenital (prostate and/or seminal vesicle) tumors. The Lobund-Wistar rat is an excellent animal model to develop prevention and treatment modalilities, such as retinoids, of urogenital cancers. Credit: Janet Stephens (photographer). |  | An excellent close-up of the suction dredge process where water and sediments are passing through the screen. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | A typical segment of restored channel between ponds. Note the natural gravel in the stream. This gravel provides excellent spawning habitat. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Shallow lagoons are excellent places to enjoy the beauty of the estuary. They are part of the dynamic system that makes up the estuary. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |
 | Highly erodible land in southern Iowa is used for pasture. Well managed pasture is an excellent soil conservation method. Credit: Lynn Betts. |  | A homeowner sifts soil made from his compost bin in background. Composting is an excellent way to recycle household and yard wastes. Credit: Lynn Betts. |
 | Conservation practices such as contour rows and field borders help protect the land from soil erosion and provide excellent wildlife habitat. Credit: Dot Paul. |  | Soil scientist Eton Codling notes excellent corn growth on manured soil treated with alum residue, which cuts ammonia emissions to the air and phosphorus losses in runoff water. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |
 | Excellent Idaho Fescue with Juniper invasion. Credit: Unknown. |  | Shrub/grass steppe in excellent condition. Central Oregon. Credit: Unknown. |
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| "Performing red" by Michel Lammerse Commentary: "Photo shot during a celebration opening in September 2003 for a new housing project in Arnhem - Holland. The red background gave the performance an extra colourful touch. Shot with a Canon D10 and a borrowed excellent Canon lense! :-)." |
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 | Excellent; great; superb; superior; good news; accomplished; admirable; attractive; capital; certified; champion; choice; choicest; desirable; distinctive; distinguished; estimable; exceptional; exemplary; exquisite; fine; finest; first; first-class; firs. |
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Aristotle | No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness. |
Benedict Spinoza | All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare. |
Henrik Ibsen | Don't use that foreign word ''ideals.'' We have that excellent native word ''lies.'' |
James Russell Lowell | Wealth may be an excellent thing, for it means power, it means leisure, it means liberty. |
Napoleon Bonaparte | Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. |
P. T. Barnum | Money is a terrible master but an excellent servant. |
Thomas Carlyle | Conviction never so excellent, is worthless until it coverts itself into conduct. |
William Shakespeare | How excellent it is to have a giant's strength, but it is tyrannous to use like a giant. |
| O, it is excellent to have a giant's strength, but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant. | |
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John Locke | 1690 | And as different degrees of industry were apt to give men possessions in different proportions, so this invention of money gave them the opportunity to continue and enlarge them: for supposing an island, separate from all possible commerce with the rest of the world, wherein there were but an hundred families, but there were sheep, horses and cows, with other useful animals, wholsome fruits, and land enough for corn for a hundred thousand times as many, but nothing in the island, either because of its commonness, or perishableness, fit to supply the place of money; what reason could any one have there to enlarge his possessions beyond the use of his family, and a plentiful supply to its consumption, either in what their own industry produced, or they could barter for like perishable, useful commodities, with others? Where there is not some thing, both lasting and scarce, and so valuable to be hoarded up, there men will not be apt to enlarge their possessions of land, were it never so rich, never so free for them to take: for I ask, what would a man value ten thousand, or an hundred thousand acres of excellent land, ready cultivated, and well stocked too with cattle, in the middle of the inland parts of America, where he had no hopes of commerce with other parts of the world, to draw money to him by the sale of the product? It would not be worth the enclosing, and we should see him give up again to the wild common of nature, whatever was more than would supply the conveniencies of life to be had there for him and his family. (Second Treatise of Government) |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | And so excellent in the Church |
Contact | Carl Sagan | They were excellent at what they did and, especially in the discovery process, were utterly absorbed in their work |
Tangled Tale | Carroll, Lewis | It is an excellent synthetical proof, but lacks the analysis which the other four supply |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | It would be sad injustice, the reader must understand, to represent all my excellent old friends as in their dotage |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The excellent animal had made five leagues in two hours, and had not turned a hair |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | O excellent device |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | Their mutton yields to ours, but their beef is excellent. |
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Health | Quality control of data acquisition and analysis was excellent. (references) | |
Both techniques are excellent tools to visualize a tumor without surgery. (references) | ||
The NIH has set up an excellent guidance Web site that addresses these and other issues. (references) | ||
Business | It is an excellent showcase for American products. (references) | |
U.S. ACR products have an excellent reputation for quality. (references) | ||
Trade magazines provide an excellent means of ‘testing the market’. (references) | ||
Children | Uruguay | The country has a generally excellent mental health system and an interest in the rights of persons with mental disabilities. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Nepal | U.N. officials, diplomats and NGO representative visitors to the camps universally describe conditions as excellent. (references) |
Economic History | Slovenia | Overall, relations are excellent. (references) |
Human Rights | Kuwait | Several organizations conduct fieldwork and report excellent communication with and reasonable cooperation from the Government. (references) |
Croatia | In many municipalities, there was excellent cooperation between NGO's and local government officials; however, a lack of follow-through on central government commitments by local authorities continued to be a problem in some municipalities. (references) | |
Political Economy | Denmark | Bilateral relations are excellent. (references) |
Trade | Cyprus | Cyprus enjoys an excellent credit rating internationally. (references) |
Trinidad | Local banks have excellent reputations and foreign correspondent relationships. (references) | |
Israel | In general, Israel offers an excellent commercial environment for U.S. companies. (references) | |
Travel | Hong Kong | Communications facilities are excellent. (references) |
Guyana | Chicken, beef and excellent seafood are available. (references) | |
Ireland | Ireland has a wide and excellent range of restaurants. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Suriname | Accident rates in local industry do not appear to be high, and the key bauxite industry has an excellent safety record. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue. The truth of the stories here following has, however, not been successfully impeached. One evening Mr. Rudolph Block, of New York, found himself seated at dinner alongside Mr. Percival Pollard, the distinguished critic. "Mr. Pollard," said he, "my book, The Biography of a Dead Cow, is published anonymously, but you can hardly be ignorant of its authorship. Yet in reviewing it you speak of it as the work of the Idiot of the Century. Do you think that fair criticism?" "I am very sorry, sir," replied the critic, amiably, "but it did not occur to me that you really might not wish the public to know who wrote it." Mr. W.C. Morrow, who used to live in San Jose, California, was addicted to writing ghost stories which made the reader feel as if a stream of lizards, fresh from the ice, were streaking it up his back and hiding in his hair. San Jose was at that time believed to be haunted by the visible spirit of a noted bandit named Vasquez, who had been hanged there. The town was not very well lighted, and it is putting it mildly to say that San Jose was reluctant to be out o' nights. One particularly dark night two gentlemen were abroad in the loneliest spot within the city limits, talking loudly to keep up their courage, when they came upon Mr. J.J. Owen, a well-known journalist. "Why, Owen," said one, "what brings you here on such a night as this? You told me that this is one of Vasquez' favorite haunts! And you are a believer. Aren't you afraid to be out?" "My dear fellow," the journalist replied with a drear autumnal cadence in his speech, like the moan of a leaf-laden wind, "I am afraid to be in. I have one of Will Morrow's stories in my pocket and I don't dare to go where there is light enough to read it." Rear-Admiral Schley and Representative Charles F. Joy were standing near the Peace Monument, in Washington, discussing the question, Is success a failure? Mr. Joy suddenly broke off in the middle of an eloquent sentence, exclaiming: "Hello! I've heard that band before. Santlemann's, I think." "I don't hear any band," said Schley. "Come to think, I don't either," said Joy; "but I see General Miles coming down the avenue, and that pageant always affects me in the same way as a brass band. One has to scrutinize one's impressions pretty closely, or one will mistake their origin." While the Admiral was digesting this hasty meal of philosophy General Miles passed in review, a spectacle of impressive dignity. When the tail of the seeming procession had passed and the two observers had recovered from the transient blindness caused by its effulgence -- "He seems to be enjoying himself," said the Admiral. "There is nothing," assented Joy, thoughtfully, "that he enjoys one-half so well." The illustrious statesman, Champ Clark, once lived about a mile from the village of Jebigue, in Missouri. One day he rode into town on a favorite mule, and, hitching the beast on the sunny side of a street, in front of a saloon, he went inside in his character of teetotaler, to apprise the barkeeper that wine is a mocker. It was a dreadfully hot day. Pretty soon a neighbor came in and seeing Clark, said: "Champ, it is not right to leave that mule out there in the sun. He'll roast, sure! -- he was smoking as I passed him." "O, he's all right," said Clark, lightly; "he's an inveterate smoker." The neighbor took a lemonade, but shook his head and repeated that it was not right. He was a conspirator. There had been a fire the night before: a stable just around the corner had burned and a number of horses had put on their immortality, among them a young colt, which was roasted to a rich nut-brown. Some of the boys had turned Mr. Clark's mule loose and substituted the mortal part of the colt. Presently another man entered the saloon. "For mercy's sake!" he said, taking it with sugar, "do remove that mule, barkeeper: it smells." "Yes," interposed Clark, "that animal has the best nose in Missouri. But if he doesn't mind, you shouldn't." In the course of human events Mr. Clark went out, and there, apparently, lay the incinerated and shrunken remains of his charger. The boys idd not have any fun out of Mr. Clarke, who looked at the body and, with the non-committal expression to which he owes so much of his political preferment, went away. But walking home late that night he saw his mule standing silent and solemn by the wayside in the misty moonlight. Mentioning the name of Helen Blazes with uncommon emphasis, Mr. Clark took the back track as hard as ever he could hook it, and passed the night in town. General H.H. Wotherspoon, president of the Army War College, has a pet rib-nosed baboon, an animal of uncommon intelligence but imperfectly beautiful. Returning to his apartment one evening, the General was surprised and pained to find Adam (for so the creature is named, the general being a Darwinian) sitting up for him and wearing his master's best uniform coat, epaulettes and all. "You confounded remote ancestor!" thundered the great strategist, "what do you mean by being out of bed after naps? -- and with my coat on!" Adam rose and with a reproachful look got down on all fours in the manner of his kind and, scuffling across the room to a table, returned with a visiting-card: General Barry had called and, judging by an empty champagne bottle and several cigar-stumps, had been hospitably entertained while waiting. The general apologized to his faithful progenitor and retired. The next day he met General Barry, who said: "Spoon, old man, when leaving you last evening I forgot to ask you about those excellent cigars. Where did you get them?" General Wotherspoon did not deign to reply, but walked away. "Pardon me, please," said Barry, moving after him; "I was joking of course. Why, I knew it was not you before I had been in the room fifteen minutes." |
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Connie Chung | I am sad. I'm so sad. I've worked with some really terrific people there. In fact, I think in some ways they helped me put together the best stories I've ever done, terrific producers, and excellent editors. |
Dominick Dunne | Well, I mean, Harland Braun, who is an excellent lawyer, by the way, excellent defense attorney whom I like, but I mean, from day one, he was putting out the stuff on Bonny Lee Bakley. I mean, it was relentless. |
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Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | Quite a lot of them refer to the excellent Electronic Textcenter of University of Virginia. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | That review provides excellent guidance for the work remaining in our battle against sex discrimination. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | The Treasury Department has produced an excellent reform plan, whose principles will guide the final proposal that we will ask you to enact. |
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| "Excellent" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.99% of the time. "Excellent" is used about 6,711 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 99.99% | 6,710 | 1,441 |
| Total | 100.00% | 6,711 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "excellent". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Abiathar | N/A | Biblical | Excellent father |
| Jattir | N/A | Biblical | Excellent |
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Expressions using "excellent": be in excellent health ♦ excellent pupil ♦ in an excellent state of preservation ♦ keep an excellent table ♦ speak excellent english. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "excellent": excellent-four, excellent-maker-of-baskets, excellent-sounding. | |
Ending with "excellent": already-excellent, near-excellent, un-excellent. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "excellent"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | perfekt (unexceptionable), i shkëlqyer (admirable, bright, brilliant, capital, choice, copybook, corking, crack, cracking, Dandy, divine, fabulous, famous, fantastic, fantastical, fine, first rate, flamboyant, gaudy, glazy, glorious, glossy, gorgeous, great, heavenly, immense, marvellous, marvelous, perfect, pink, plum, powerful, prize, pukka, rare, ripping, royal, smashing, splendid, splendiferous, whizzbang, wicked), i mrekullueshëm (divine, dreamy, elegant, fabulous, goluptious, goodly, gorgeous, heavenly, killing, magnificent, marvellous, marvelous, miraculous, nailing, nifty, peachy, prodigious, rare, ravishing, remarkable, slapping, spanking, striking, superior, transcendent, unusual, wonderful, wondrous). (various references) | |
Arabic | فاخر (brag, deluxe, exquisite, fancy, fine, glory, luxurious, splendid, superior), ممتاز (admirable, banner, best, bonny, boss, brave, choice, clipping, cool, dandy, deluxe, distingue, distinguished, ducky, elegant, exceptional, exquisite, extra, famous, fancy, fine, first class, first rate, first-string, mighty, noble, of first degree, outstanding, premium, prime, select, splendid, star, stellar, super, superb, superior, swell, thoroughbred, thumbs up, tiptop, top notch, vintage, wizard), متفوق (ascendant, eminent, outstanding, pre eminent, superior), متقن (accurate, artful, dexterous, dextrous, exact, exquisite, masterful, masterly, neat, perfect, precise, skilful, skillful, subtle), بديع (admirable, adorable, amazing, fine, magnificent, marvellous, marvelous, original, splendid, superb, unique, unprecedented, wonderful). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | чудесен (admirable, beautiful, champion, clipping, cool, corking, delicious, elegant, fabulous, famous, fine, glorious, gorgeous, great, heavenly, hot, immense, lovely, magnificent, marvellous, marvelous, neat, nifty, noble, priceless, rattling, regular, ripping, scrumptious, smashing, spanking, splendid, super, terrific, thundering, topping, walloping, wizard, wonderful), отличен (alpha plus, banner, crack, fine, grand, groovy, immense, master stroke, masterly, mean, nailing, peachy, pre eminent, prime, prize, roaring, slick, spanking, splendid, superb, unexceptionable, whizbang, wicked, wizard), прекрасен (admirable, adorable, beauteous, delectable, lovely, marvellous, marvelous, noble, splendid), превъзходен (capital, egregious, incompatible, nailing, pre eminent, rare, super, superb, superlative, swell, tiptop, top-hole, topping, transcendent, wizard). (various references) | |
Chinese | 韶 (harmonious), 詹 (verbose), 高超 , 精 (energy, perfect, proficient, refined, very), 禕 (precious, rare), 佳 , 优秀 (Excellence), 奐 , 優秀 (outstanding), 優 (superior), 哿 (happy, well-being), 嘉 . (various references) | |
Croatian | odlièno. (various references) | |
Czech | znamenitý (able, classic, exquisite, signal, wonderful), vynikající (accomplished, amazing, beautiful, champion, chance, delicious, egregious, eminent, exquisite, fine, magnificent, notable, outstanding, preeminent, prize, prominent, star, sterling, superlative, wonderful), výborný (beautiful, fine, great), skvìlý (accomplished, admirable, bright, brilliant, dashing, distinguished, fine, glorious, grand, palmy, proud, splendid, swell, tiptop, wonderful). (various references) | |
Danish | udstoebning med sublaminaer stroemning giver udmaerkede resultater i vandskeligere tilfaelde,saasom ved et uregelmaessigt og udhulet borehul,eller naar der er risiko for at komme til at opspraekke formationen;udstoebning i flere lag;faststoebning af forla (cementing where a sub-laminar flow-pattern exists gives excellent results in difficult cases:an irregular and washed out hole;when there is a risk of formation fracturing;multistage cementing;the cementing of liners;the setting of(cement)plugs), sammen med metoder som roentgen- og elektrondiffraktion og mikrosondeanalyse er metallografisk undersoegelse en saerdeles god undersoegelsesmetode (it affords an excellent means of investigation, or electron microprobe analysis, when metallographic is combined with X-ray or electron diffraction), austenitiske legeringer har god kemisk bestandighed ved hoeje temperaturer, der for visse sammensaetninger kan vaere saerdeles god (austenitic alloys have a good chemical heat resistance which for certain constitutions may even be excellent). (various references) | |
Dutch | zeer goed, uitstekende. (various references) | |
Farsi | ممتاز (Ditinct, Elite, Good, Illustrious, Immense, Knockout, Preferential, Prize, Superior), عالی (Beautiful, Brave, Capital, Exquisite, Famous, Fine, Gallant, High, Immense, Knockout, Lofty, Much, Palmary, Remarkable, Ripping, Spiffy, Splendid, Super, Superb, Superlative, Supreme, Swank, Unrivaled), شگرف (Fine, Prodigious, Tremendous, Wondrous), بسیارخوب (Immense, Okay, Super, Superb, Well). (various references) | |
Finnish | etevä (able, distinguished, eminent, proficient, prominent), erinomainen (capital, fine, splendid), oivallinen (fine, first-rate, splendid), mainio (fine, splendid), kiitettävä (laudable, praiseworthy), kelpo (decent). (various references) | |
French | exquis (exquisite), excellents, excellent, distingué, épatant. (various references) | |
German | vorzüglich (above all, chiefly, choice, especially, excellently, exquisite, exquisitely, fine, great, in particular, main, mainly, particularly, predominant, principal, superb, superbly), ausgezeichnet (admirable, beautifully, capital, distinctive, distinguished, excellently, expert, exquisite, exquisitely, fine, great, magnificent, splendid, splendidly, superior, ticketted), vortrefflich (fine, great, splendid, superb), trefflich (fine, great, perfect, splendid), außerordentlich (associate, eminently, enormously, exceeding, exceedingly, exceptional, exceptionally, extraordinarily, extraordinary, extremely, formidable, greatly, outstanding, prodigious, prodigiously, remarkable, singularly). (various references) | |
Greek | έξοχοσ (Dandy, eminent, fine, high, peachy, splendid, splendiferous, sterling, super, swell, tops, worthy), εξαίσιος (splendid), άριστα (best, full marks, straight A's), άριστος (superb). (various references) | |
Hebrew | משובח (a1 quality, best, choicest, fine, praised), מעולה (a1 quality, eminent, fine, first rate, prize, prominent, sterling, superior, tiptop, vintage), מצוין (capital, distinguished, eminent, fine, outstanding, ripping, shining, spanking, splendid, sterling, superb, surpassing, swell), מצטין (marked, remarkable), שפיר (fine, well). (various references) | |
Hungarian | kiváló (accomplished, brilliant, choice, conspicuous, crack, crackerjack, distinguished, finished, first rate, great, high-class, illustrious, masterly, noted, paramount, pre eminent, premium, prime, prominent, rattling, signal, to send sy one's kind regards). (various references) | |
Indonesian | syahdu (first-rate), pukta, hebat (fabulous, formidable, intense, killing, severe, spectacular, super, swell, vehement), baik sekali (splendid), adiwarna (resplendent). (various references) | |
Italian | esimio (distinguished, eminent), egregio (dear, egregious), eccellentissimo (worshipful), eccellente (bang up, capital, champion, choice, crack, fine, first rate, gradely, hunky-dory, royal, slap up, super, superb, top notch), sopraffino (best quality, extra fine), ottimo (first rate, great, optimal, optimum, super, very well), grandioso (grand, grandiose, great, magnificent, stately, tremendous, wonderful). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 重畳たる (piled up, placed one upon another, splendid), 重畳 (piled one upon another, splendid), 豪い (awful, celebrated, eminent, famous, great, remarkable, terrible), 究竟 (appropriate, final, handy, ideal, superb, ultimate), 佳 (beautiful, good), 偉い (awful, celebrated, eminent, famous, great, remarkable, terrible), 好個 (fine, pertinent), 優良 (fine, superior), 優れた (great), エキス剤 (COMBINE, eccentric, ecstasy, Ecuador, ecumenism, equitable, equity, equity finance, Excalibur, Excelan, exchange, exchange order, excursion, excursion fare, excursion ticket, excuse me, executor, exercise, exhaust manifold, exhaust pipe, exorcist, exotic, exoticism, exotisme, expedition, expense, expensive, expire, explorer, explosion, explosion shot, export, express, expression, expressway, extension, extent, exterior, external, extract, literature). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | すぐれた (great), くっきょう (appropriate, handy, ideal, muscular, obstinate, robust, sturdy, superb), か (addition, ancient Chinese weapon, article counter, beautiful, counter for chapters, department, good, increase, mosquito, passable, provisional, question mark, rack, section, tentative, unit of equipment), こうこ (anxiety, finance corporation, fine, for ever, from ancient times, historic, looking back, love of antiquities, pertinent, the public, the world, unprecedented, worry), ゆうりょう (admission-paid, fine, hunting, superior, toll), エクセレント , ちょうじょうたる (piled up, placed one upon another, splendid), ちょうじょう (one's elderor superior, peak, piled one upon another, splendid, summit, top), えらい (awful, celebrated, eminent, famous, great, remarkable, terrible). (various references) | |
Korean | 우수한. (various references) | |
Manx | ree-vie (exceedingly good), mie erskyn insh (ripping), mie er bashtal (divine, first class, super, superb), jeih- (chosen, correct, correct as behaviour, proper), feer vie (exquisite, first rate). (various references) | |
Norwegian | utmerket (eminent, fine, great), fortreffelig. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | excellentay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | excelentes, excelente (accomplished, champion, choice, classic, classical, crack-a-jack, distinctive, fine, first-class, first-rate, golden, good, great, magnificent, palmary, splendiferous, standout, super, superior, tiptop, top-hole, topping, undeniable). (various references) | |
Portuguese Brazilian | excelentes, excelente, ótimo, ótima. (various references) | |
Romanian | excelent (a1, best, capital, champion, clinking, consummate, crack, excellently, exquisite, fine, first rate, golden, great, noble, passing, roaring, special, splendid, that's capital, tiptop, topping), eminent (conspicuous, distinguished, eminent, great, outstanding, remarkable, superlative), straşnic (clinking, colossal, considerable, damnably, excessive, extreme, fine, gee, goody, grand, horrible, jolly, magnificent, mightily, nifty, proper, properly, rigorous, severe, severely, smashing, solid, some, sound, stern, swell, terrible, terribly, thundering, tremendous, with a vengeance), ideal (ideal, ideally, idol, lodestar), fin (beautiful, choice, delicate, delicately, discriminating, fine, fine-drawn, finely, fine-spun, godchild, godson, gossamer, graceful, keen, nice, penetrating, quick, refined, select, sharp, shrewd, slender, soft, spidery, subtile, subtly, tenuous), deosebit (apart, choice, different, differently, dissimilar, distinct, distinguished, divergent, diverse, especial, extra, in a class by itself, particular, peculiar, peculiarly, profoundly, remarkable, separate, singular, special, specific, strange, sundry, uncommon, unlike, unusual, variant, varied), bravo (attaboy, bravo, bully, capital, good business, good show, hear, hot dog, well done), ales (admirable, beau, choice, chosen, clear, dainty, delicate, distinct, distinguished, elect, elective, exquisite, first rate, grand, high, lofty, picked, rare, remarkable, select, splendid, supreme), admirabil (admirable, admirably, beautiful, brave, capital, grand, special, splendid, that's splendid, tiptop, wonderful). (various references) | |
Russian | великолепный (celestial, colossal, first rate, frabjous, glorious, gorgeous, immense, magnificent, masterly, princely, proud, rattling good, royal, scrumptious, sensational, splendid, superb, tops), отличный (beaut, crackerjack, groovy, slashing, splendiferous, supercalifragilisticexpealodoshios, supercalifrigilisticexpealidoshis, tiptop, tops), отлично отличный, превосходный (admirable, bang-up, beautiful, capital, clinking, divine, fine, grand, groovy, hunky-dory, jim-dandy, nailing, once-stellar, palmary, posh, prime, smashing, spanking, superb, superlative, surpassing, tiptop, top-hole, topnotch, top-notch, transcendent, unexceptionable, unexceptional). (various references) | |
Scottish | gasda (first rate, good, splendid). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | vrli (brave, fine, virtuous), prvoklasan (brag, champion, first chop, first class, first rate, luxe: de luxe, prime, tip top, top flight, top notch, topgallant, tops), odličan (cool, corking, famous, fancy, lummy, slap up, stellar, swell, top-hole, topping). (various references) | |
Spanish | excelente (Dandy, eminent, excellence, fine, golden, goodly, great, ripping, shining, solid, sterling, tiptop). (various references) | |
Swedish | utmärkt (cool, crackerjack, eminent, famous, famously, grand, immense, imperial, nailing, primely, ripping, splendid, that's great), förträfflig (splendid). (various references) | |
Thai | ยอดเยี่ยม (exceptional, exquisite, splendiferous). (various references) | |
Turkish | seçkin (choice, distinguished, eminent, exclusive, outstanding, picked, pre-eminencent, privileged, prominent, select, selected, topflight, top-hole, top-line, well chosen), nefis (ambrosial, awfully nice, beautiful, beyond praise, dainty, delectable, delicious, delightly, exquisite, fine, marvellous, marvelous, peachy, scrumptious, stunning, yummy, yum-yum), mükemmel (accomplished, all around, alpha plus, ambrosial, bang up, banner, beyond praise, bully, capital, champion, classic, classical, classy, commanding, complete, consummate, cool, copybook, Dandy, dreamy, elegant, famous, famously, faultless, fine, finished, first class, great, immense, jolly good, no mean, par excellence, perfect, ripping, scrumptious, slap up, smashing, smooth, solid, sovereign, spiffing, spiffy, splendid, splendiferous, super, superb, superlative, that takes the cake, the dandy, thorough, thoroughgoing, tiptop, to a turn, to the nines, topping, triumphant, unique), kusursuz (accomplished, beyond reproach, blameless, capital, clean, correct, faultless, final, flawless, free from taint, immaculate, impeccable, indefectible, irreproachable, perfect, precise, root and branch, taintless, the dandy, the perfect, thorough, thoroughgoing, unblemished, unimpeachable), üstün (above, ascendant, ascendent, atop, atop of, choice, distingue, extra, golden, high, hyper-, over, predominant, pre-eminencent, preponderant, super, super-, super-duty, superior, supra-, transcendent, unsurpassed, up). (various references) | |
Turkmen | otliзno (r)vtцweleme. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | чудовий (a, admirable, adorable, ambrosial, bang up, beautiful, brave, bright, bully, capital, champion, charming, clinking, consummate, crack, Dandy, delectable, delicious, delightful, eminent, fine, flawless, glorious, goluptious, gorgeous, immense, magnific, magnifical, magnificent, noble, notable, noted, palmary, peachy, posh, prime, princely, proper, providential, ravishing, remarkable, resplendent, ripping, something like, sovereign, spiffing, superb, super-duper, topping, undeniable, way out, wizard, wonderful), вельмишановний (dear), неперевершений (all-time, unbeaten, unbettered, unrivaled, unrivalled, unsurpassed, whopping). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | xuất sắc (capital, capitally, classy, clinking, crack, distinguished, egregious, jim-dandy, noble, prime, shining, top-notch), trội hơn; rất tốt, thượng hạng (capital, topping), hơn hẳn (away, ring), ưu tú (capital, dandy, noble, ripping, stellar, top-hole, top-notch). (various references) | |
Welsh | rhagorol (admirable, splendid), penigamp (splendid), odiaeth (exquisite, extremely, most, very), gorchestol (masterly), godidog (splendid), campus (admirable, grand, splendid), ardderchog (noble, splendid). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | aureolam, differentes, differenti, differentia, differentius, egregia, egregiae, egregii, egregium, egregius, excellentem, excellentium, eximia, eximius, exquisita, exquisitus, lecta, lectae, lectis, lecto, lectum, lectus, palmarium, perfecta, perfectae, perfectam, perfectas, perfecte, perfecti, perfectis, perfectius, perfecto, perfectorum, perfectos, perfectum, perfectumque, perfectus, praecellens, praeclarus, praestans, praestans prestans, praestans, prestans, precipuus, primarius, scita, scitis, scito. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | betlic. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 22, Verse 20 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai su de apograyai auta seautw trisswV eiV boulhn kai gnwsin epi to platoV thV kardiaV sou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Ecce descripsi eam tibi tripliciter in cogitationibus et scientia |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Lo! I haue discriued it thre wise, in thoytus and kunnyng, that I shulde shewe to thee stedefastnesse; |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge, |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge, |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Have I not put in writing for you thirty sayings, with wise suggestions and knowledge, |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 22, Verse 20 |
| Cebuano | Wala ba ako makasulat kanimo ug mga maayo uyamut nga mga butang Sa mga tambag ug kahibalo, |
| Croatian | Napisah ti trideset što savjeta što pouka |
| Danish | Alt i Går optegned jeg til dig, alt i Forgårs Råd og Kundskab |
| Dutch | Heb ik u niet heerlijke dingen geschreven van allerlei raad en wetenschap? |
| Finnish | Olenhan ennenkin sinulle kirjoittanut, antanut neuvoja ja tietoa, |
| French | N`ai-je pas déjà pour toi mis par écrit Des conseils et des réflexions, |
| German | Habe ich dir's nicht mannigfaltig vorgeschrieben mit Rat und Lehren, |
| Hungarian | Nem írtam-é néked drága szép tanulságokat, tanácsokban és tudományban? |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Tiga puluh petuah sudah kutuliskan untukmu--petuah-petuah yang mengandung pengetahuan dan nasihat yang baik; |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Bukankah sudah kusuratkan bagimu beberapa perkara yang indah-indah dari hal nasehat dan pengetahuan? |
| Italian | Non ti ho scritto forse trenta tra consigli e istruzioni, |
| Maori | He teka ianei hira rawa nga mea kua tuhituhia atu nei e ahau ki a koe, he kupu ako, he kupu mohio; |
| Norwegian | Har jeg ikke skrevet for dig kjernesprog med råd og kunnskap |
| Portuguese | Porventura não te escrevi excelentes coisas acerca dos conselhos e do conhecimento, |
| Rumanian | N`am awternut eu oare kn scris pentru tine sfaturi wi cugetqri, |
| Russian | оЕ РЙУБМ МЙ С ФЕВЕ ФТЙЦДЩ Ч УПЧЕФБИ Й ОБУФБЧМЕОЙЙ, |
| Spanish | ¿Acaso no he escrito para ti treinta dichos de consejos y conocimiento? |
| Swedish | Ja, redan förut har jag ju skrivit regler för dig och meddelat dig råd och insikt, |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "excellent": excellently. (additional references) | |
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"Excellent" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ecxelent, eggcellent, excelan, excelent, excella, excellant, excellcent, excellens, excerlent, execllent, exellant, exellent, Sexuellen. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "excellent" (pronounced e"ksulunt) |
| 6 | -s u l u n t | insolent. |
| 5 | -u l u n t | ambivalent, benevolent, equivalent, flatulent, fraudulent, indolent, jubilant, malevolent, nonviolent, opulent, petulant, prevalent, somnolent, stimulant, succulent, truculent, turbulent, vigilant, violent, virulent. |
| 4 | -l u n t | assailant, coolant, divalent, esculent, gallant, inhalant, monovalent, propellant, repellent, sealant, silent, talent, tetravalent. |
| 3 | -u n t | agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, ascendant, aspirant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contaminant, contentment, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, distant, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, errant, escapement, escarpment, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, frequent, fulfillment, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hesitant, hydrant, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indignant, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repentant, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, seafront, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, solvent, stagnant, statement, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, tumescent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, warrant, wonderment. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-e-l-l-n-t-x" | |
-4 letters: elect, excel, telex. | |
-5 letters: cell, celt, cent, cete, exec, leet, lent, next, teel, teen, tele, tell. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-e-l-l-n-t-x" | |
+2 letters: excellently. | |
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