excellence

Speech parts

1. excellence - Noun

2. Excellence - Proper noun

Meaning

The quality of being excellent; state of possessing good qualities in an eminent degree; exalted merit; superiority in virtue.

An excellent or valuable quality; that by which any one excels or is eminent; a virtue.

A title of honor or respect; -- more common in the form excellency.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

perfection greatness superiority worth purity goodness preeminence excellency eminence quality distinction skill nobility merit mastery
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Antonyms

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Hypernyms

quality feature characteristic

Hyponyms

civilization refinement richness magnificence civilisation grandness

Phrases with the word

academic excellence superior excellence individual excellence appreciation of excellence professional excellence admirable excellence

Examples

Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts. Aristotle

Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude. Colin Powell

Do one thing at time, with supreme excellence. Nasa Proverb

He who governs by his moral excellence may be compared to the Pole star which abides in its place while all other stars bow towards it. Chinese Proverb

It is well to remember that there are five reasons for drinking the arrival of a friend, one's present or future thirst, the excellence of the wine, or any other reason. Traditional Proverb

Close letter words and terms

excel at excel that you have excelled excellency excellent excellent ability to recall