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excellent
extremely good or of very high quality:
• His English was excellent. • an excellent piece of work
great
spoken extremely good. Great is less formal than excellent , and is the usual word to use in everyday spoken English:
• ‘Did you have a good holiday?' 'It was great!’ • He did a great job as captain.
fantastic/terrific/wonderful
spoken extremely good. These words sound even more excited than great or excellent:
• ‘I passed my exam.’ ‘That’s fantastic!’ • Last year Jess had a terrific season, averaging eleven points a game. • The trip will be a wonderful opportunity for the children.
amazing/incredible
extremely good in a surprising and exciting way:
• an amazing view of Tokyo • The trip was an incredible experience.
superb
extremely good – used especially when you are very impressed by something:
• The acting was superb. • There is a superb range of cheeses.
first-class
of a high quality and much better than most others:
• The service is first-class. • a first-class restaurant
outstanding
extremely good – used when saying how well someone does something:
• He’s an outstanding player. • It was an outstanding performance by a talented young actor.
exceptional
unusually good – used when saying that someone or something is much better than any others:
• She has an exceptional talent. • He writes good essays, but I wouldn’t say that his work is particularly exceptional. • Merits are given as an honour for exceptional achievement.
out of this world
[ not before noun ] spoken informal used when saying that something is so good that it is better than anything you could have imagined:
• The food is out of this world.
awesome
especially American English very good:
• It was an awesome concert.
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adj. VERBS appear, be, look, prove, seem, sound | become | consider sth The school is considered excellent. ADV. most, really, truly | absolutely, quite | rather | generally The meals are generally excellent. | uniformly The performances and recordings are uniformly excellent. | apparently | potentially | otherwise In an otherwise excellent issue about global warming, I found Jeremy Creed's article very unconvincing. PREP. at Clancey was excellent at keeping the kids under control. | for These potatoes are excellent for baking.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary