Thesaurus:excellent
English
Adjective
Sense: of the highest quality
Synonyms
- ace (Britain, slang)
- admirable
- awe-inspiring
- awesome [⇒ thesaurus] (colloquial)
- bang on
- bang-up
- based
- beneship (thieves' cant)
- bitching (slang)
- bomb (slang)
- brilliant
- bully
- cher (New Zealand)
- choice
- chronic (slang)
- chur (New Zealand)
- cock on
- cool (slang)
- copacetic
- crackerjack
- cushty (Britain, slang)
- dank (slang)
- def (slang)
- dope (slang)
- excellent
- exceptional
- fab (slang)
- fabulous
- fantabulosa (Polari)
- fantastic [⇒ thesaurus]
- finger-lickin' good (figurative)
- fireball (slang)
- first-rate
- fly (slang)
- frabjous
- gnarly
- great
- grouse (Australia, New Zealand, slang)
- kicking (slang)
- killer [⇒ thesaurus] (slang)
- lash (Britain dialect)
- lautitious (chiefly prandial)
- lit (slang)
- marvelous
- nang (MLE)
- outstanding
- out of sight
- phat (slang)
- peng (MLE)
- phenomenal
- pukka (Britain, slang)
- quality (slang)
- rad (slang)
- radical (slang)
- rum (obsolete)
- sick (slang)
- slap-up
- slick (slang)
- spiffing
- splendid
- sterling
- super
- superb
- superior [⇒ thesaurus]
- sweet [⇒ thesaurus] (slang)
- swell (slang)
- terrific
- tight [⇒ thesaurus] (slang)
- top
- top-drawer
- top-hole (British, dated)
- top-notch
- top-of-the-range
- top-shelf
- topping (British, dated)
- tubular (slang)
- wicked (slang)
- wicked pissah (New England, slang)
- wonderful [⇒ thesaurus]
- worldie (UK, slang)
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Further reading
- “648. goodness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “excellent” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.