surpassing

surpassing
Synonyms and related words:
a cut above, above, absolute, ahead, arrant, ascendant, best, better, capping, champion, choice, chosen, classical, complete, consummate, crass, decided, definitive, distinguished, downright, eclipsing, egregious, elect, elite, eminent, enormous, exceeding, excellent, excelling, excessive, extraordinary, finer, flagrant, for the best, glaring, great, greater, greatest, gross, handpicked, higher, in ascendancy, in the ascendant, incomparable, intolerable, major, marked, matchless, of choice, one up on, optimal, optimum, out-and-out, outright, outstanding, over, paramount, peerless, perfect, picked, positive, precious, preeminent, prime, prize, profound, pronounced, proper, quintessential, rank, rare, regular, rivaling, select, shattering, shocking, stark, stark-staring, super, superior, superlative, supreme, the veriest, thorough, thoroughgoing, topping, total, towering, transcendent, transcendental, transcending, ultimate, unbearable, unconscionable, undeniable, unequivocal, unmatchable, unmatched, unmitigated, unparalleled, unqualified, unrelieved, unspoiled, unsurpassable, unsurpassed, upper, utter, very best

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • Surpassing — Sur*pass ing, a. Eminently excellent; exceeding others. With surpassing glory crowned. Milton. {Sur*pass ing*ly}, adv. {Sur*pass ing*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • surpassing — index best, infringement, preferable, superlative Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • surpassing — transcendent, *supreme, superlative, preeminent, peerless, incomparable Analogous words: excelling, outdoing, outstripping (see EXCEED): *consummate, finished, accomplished …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • surpassing — [sər pas′iŋ, sər päs′iŋ] adj. that surpasses the average or usual; exceeding or excelling; unusually excellent adv. Archaic exceedingly surpassingly adv …   English World dictionary

  • surpassing — surpassingly, adv. /seuhr pas ing, pah sing/, adj. 1. of a large amount or high degree; exceeding, excelling, or extraordinary: structures of surpassing magnificence. adv. 2. in a surpassing manner; extraordinarily. [1570 80; SURPASS + ING2] * *… …   Universalium

  • Surpassing — Surpass Sur*pass , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Surpassed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Surpassing}.] [F. surpasser; sur over + passer to pass. See {Sur }, and {Pass}.] To go beyond in anything good or bad; to exceed; to excel. [1913 Webster] This would surpass… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • surpassing — sur|pass|ing [səˈpa:sıŋ US sərˈpæ ] adj [only before noun] literary much better than that of other people or things ▪ a picture of surpassing beauty …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • surpassing — sur|pass|ing [ sər pæsıŋ ] adjective LITERARY better or greater when compared with others: her surpassing beauty …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • surpassing — adjective (only before noun) literary much better than that of other people or things: a picture of surpassing beauty …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • surpassing — UK [sə(r)ˈpɑːsɪŋ] / US [sərˈpæsɪŋ] adjective literary better or greater when compared with others her surpassing beauty …   English dictionary

  • surpassing — sur•pass•ing [[t]sərˈpæs ɪŋ, ˈpɑ sɪŋ[/t]] adj. 1) of a large amount or high degree; exceeding or excelling 2) archaic in a surpassing manner; extraordinarily • Etymology: 1570–80 sur•pass′ing•ly, adv …   From formal English to slang

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