Word Type

Adjective

Adverb

Adjective

The word "excellent" can be used as adjective, adverb and adjective.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

awful bad horrible performance poor poor performance terrible

Derived Terms

eggcellent excellence excellently excellentness my very excellent mother just served us nine pizzas sexcellent superexcellent unexcellent

Derived From

excel

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

deathless

Related Terms

best excel

Related Terms

above above average above par adjective after after average average awesome begins begins ex best best good best grade best score better better good bill bill and brilliant cell compliment description done egg ex excel excellently exceptional exclamation extremely extremely good fantastic good good job good performance goodness grade grade mark great job kind mark outstanding outstanding adjective par performance positive positive remark praise quality rating really really good really great remark score splendid stupendous super superb superior superlative top very very best very good very great well well done wonderful

Similar Terms

superior

Synonym Network

fantabulous

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