- 1extremely good an excellent meal excellent service At $300 the bike is an excellent value. She speaks excellent French. (informal) It was absolutely excellent.
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- 2used to show that you are very pleased about something or that you approve of something You can all come? Excellent!
adverb Thesaurusexcellent
- outstanding
- perfect
- superb
- excellent extremely good. Excellent is used especially about standards of service or of something that someone has worked to produce:The rooms are excellent value at $20 a night. He speaks excellent English.Excellent is also used to show that you are very pleased about something or that you approve of something:You can all come? Excellent!
- outstanding extremely good. Outstanding is used especially about how well someone does something or how good someone is at something:an outstanding achievement She's an outstanding dancer.
- perfect extremely good. Perfect is used especially about conditions or how suitable something is for a purpose:Conditions were perfect for walking. She came up with the perfect excuse.
- superb (formal) extremely good or impressive:The facilities at the hotel are superb.
- a(n) excellent/outstanding/perfect/superb job/performance
- a(n) excellent/outstanding/superb achievement
- absolutely excellent/outstanding/perfect/superb
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