Exceptional

/ɪkˈsɛpʃənəl/

Synonyms for "exceptional" (292 found)

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Closest matches (59)

Strong matches (87)

Adjective(14 words)
exemplary communityextraordinaryextraordinary eventextraordinary talentextreme valuegreat progressgreatest coverageirregular verbmagnificentmarvellousmirabilisnotablenotable cultural achievementnovel approach
Noun(12 words)
extra spanishfreakhigh achieving studenthighly advancedisolated part productkillermore outstandingmore phenomenalmost extraordinarymost unique personmost unrepeatablenonesuch
Adverb(1 words)
most distinctive person

Related words (146)

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Adjective(42 words)
olympianone off tasksoutlyingoutsizedoutstandingoutstanding achievementparticularphenomenal achievementprodigiousrarerare caserare creaturerare fossilrare occurrencerare phenomenonrarerrecord-breakingremarkableremarkable attributeremarkable event
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remarkable livelinessremarkable personspecialspecial dayspecial election process stepsspecial prizestellar masssuperbsuperbersuperlative adjectivesurpassingtranscendenttremendousuncommon instanceunique contributionunique factunique person traitsunique traitunrivaledunusualunusual occurrenceunusual person
Noun(13 words)
one-of-a-kind objectoutclassingoutdoingoutlieroverachievingraressmackingstellersuperhumansupermexsuperstar athleteunique opportunityunique person example

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

2 entries

More specific

5 entries

Collocations

6 entries
exceptional abilityexceptional caseexceptional circumstancesexceptional performanceexceptional qualityexceptional talent

Inflections

2 entries
more exceptionalmost exceptional

Derivations

3 entries

similar

3 entries

Translations

49 translations across 33 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • اِسْتِثْنَائِيّ adj (forming an exception)

Asturian

1 entries
  • esceicional adj (forming an exception)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • müstəsna adj (forming an exception)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • вынятко́вы adj (forming an exception)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • изключи́телен adj (forming an exception)

Catalan

1 entries
  • excepcional adj (forming an exception)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 例外 adj (forming an exception)
  • 特別 /特别 adj (forming an exception)
  • 特殊 adj (forming an exception)
  • 特異 /特异 adj (forming an exception)

Czech

1 entries
  • výjimečný adj (forming an exception)

Danish

3 entries
  • eksceptionel adj (forming an exception)
  • ekstraordinær adj (forming an exception)
  • ganske særlig adj (forming an exception)

Dutch

3 entries
  • buitengewoon adj (forming an exception)
  • exceptioneel adj (forming an exception)
  • uitzonderlijk adj (forming an exception)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • escepta adj (forming an exception)

Finnish

3 entries
  • harvinainen adj (forming an exception)
  • poikkeuksellinen adj (forming an exception)
  • tavaton adj (forming an exception)

French

1 entries
  • exceptionnel adj (forming an exception)

German

1 entries
  • außergewöhnlich adj (forming an exception)

Greek

1 entries
  • εξαιρετικός adj (forming an exception)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • kivételes adj (forming an exception)
  • rendkívüli adj (forming an exception)

Irish

1 entries
  • eisceachtúil adj (forming an exception)

Italian

1 entries
  • eccezionale adj (forming an exception)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 例外的な adj (forming an exception)
  • 特別な adj (forming an exception)
  • 特殊な adj (forming an exception)
  • 特異な adj (forming an exception)

Latin

1 entries
  • eximius adj (forming an exception)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • исклучителен adj (forming an exception)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • അസാധാരണ adj (forming an exception)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • eksepsjonell adj (forming an exception)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • eksepsjonell adj (forming an exception)

Polish

1 entries
  • wyjątkowy adj (forming an exception)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • excecional adj (forming an exception)
  • excepcional adj (forming an exception)

Russian

1 entries
  • исключи́тельный adj (forming an exception)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • air leth adj (forming an exception)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • izuzetan adj (forming an exception)
  • изузетан adj (forming an exception)

Slovak

1 entries
  • výnimočný adj (forming an exception)

Slovene

1 entries
  • izjemen adj (forming an exception)

Spanish

1 entries
  • excepcional adj (forming an exception)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • винятко́вий adj (forming an exception)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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This is an exceptional case.

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He showed exceptional ability in mathematics.

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He is good, not to say exceptional.

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The distributors are asking for an exceptional margin.

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