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- pronunciation:
- ek
s
lihnt
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
If something is excellent, it is very good or much better than others. If you do an excellent job of cleaning the yard, it means that you do a very good job.
The restaurant we went to was excellent! The food tasted great and all of the waiters were very nice.- synonyms:
- fine, outstanding, select, splendid, super, superior, tremendous
- antonyms:
- average, awful, inferior, poor, terrible, wretched
- similar words:
- capital, fabulous, fancy, fantastic, great, prime, quality, superlative, swell, terrific, wonderful
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| related words: |
good, mean |
| derivation: |
excellently (adv.) |
The word excellent
contains the following part:
ex-
Latin
prefix
that means out, out of, away from
  More about this word part:
The prefix ex-
was a Latin preposition and prefix and occurs in English in Latin loanwords, such as exit
and expel
. It has multiple forms, as the 'x' sound in ex-
assimilates to the initial sound of the base to which it is attached. See its assimilated forms e-, ef-, and es-. ex-
is also used in the formation of English words such as "ex-partner," where it means "formerly having the status of."
Example words:
exceed, excel, excellent, exclude, exhaust, exit, expedition, expel, expensive, export, extract
- synonyms:
- extr-, extra-, exter-
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