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Synonyms for outstanding

  • adjective

Most common

great excellent fantastic first-rate remarkable important spectacular owing

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Excellent — exceptionally good; distinguished from others by its superiority

great, gurt UK, excellent, fantastic, first-rate, incredible, extraordinary, amazing, terrific, phenomenal, impressive, good, wonderful, magnificent, exemplary, stellar, superior, sensational, glorious, major, bang-up informal, surpassing, grand

2. Remarkable — prominent or noticeable; sovereign

remarkable, important, prominent, noteworthy, distinguished, notable, illustrious, eminent, noticeable, conspicuous, signal

3. Spectacular — projecting outwards

spectacular, salient, striking, projecting, protuberant, obtrusive dated, exserted rare, protuberous rare, projectory rare

4. Owing

owing, due, payable, undischarged

Other

unpaid, stand-out, unsettled, wide open, delinquent, unfinished, projective

Antonyms

simple, mediocre, normal

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Prominent or noticeable; sovereign.

  2. adj. 2

    Exceptionally good; distinguished from others by its superiority.

  3. adj. 3

    Projecting outwards.

  4. adj. 4

    Unresolved; not settled or finished.

    I have several outstanding tasks on my to-do list.

Example sentences

  • excellent Tom's car is well-kept and in excellent condition.
  • fantastic It would be fantastic if you could do that for me.
  • incredible It's incredible how long Mary can hold her breath!
  • prominent High fever is a prominent symptom of this disease.
  • remarkable My sister has made remarkable progress in English.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
outstandingfalling
excellentfalling
fantasticrising
incrediblerising
prominentsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
due1
4 letters
good1, gurt
5 letters
great1, major2, grand1, owing2
6 letters
signal2, unpaid2
7 letters
amazing3, notable3, stellar2, eminent3, payable3, salient3
8 letters
superior4, striking2, glorious3, terrific3, exserted
9 letters
important3, wonderful3, excellent3, fantastic3, prominent3, exemplary4, unsettled3, obtrusive3
10 letters
incredible4, impressive3, remarkable4, phenomenal4, noticeable4, unfinished3, projecting3, noteworthy3, surpassing3, delinquent3, projective3, projectory
11 letters
spectacular4, magnificent4, sensational4, conspicuous4, illustrious4, protuberant, protuberous
12 letters
undischarged
13 letters
extraordinary6, distinguished3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (major2 = 2 syllables).