English word
Exceptional
Definitions
adjective
- forming an exception : rare
- better than average : superior
- deviating from the norm: such as
- having above or below average intelligence
- physically disabled
Synonyms for exceptional
Closest evidence-backed alternatives.
- extraordinary
- uncommon
- outstanding
- rare
- unusual
- remarkable
- unique
- abnormal
- wonderful
- inconsistent
- deviant
- irregular
- infrequent
- aberrated
- divergent
Synonyms by context
Uncommon so as to form an exception
adjective
- odd
- atypical
- singular
- anomalous
- peculiar
Having better than average ability or skill
adjective
- special
- excellent
- phenomenal
- prodigious
- first-class
- first-rate
- unsurpassed
Having better than average intelligence
adjective
Surpassing in quality, excellence, or distinction
noun
- a cut above
- better
- finer
- superior
- notable
- superior to
- streets ahead of
Antonyms for exceptional
- common
- average
- normal
- everyday
- usual
- customary
- ordinary
- regular
- regulation
- unremarkable
- standardised
- standardized
- straightforward
- unexceptional
Opposite of uncommon so as to form an exception
Opposite of having better than average ability or skill
Phrases
- a bit much
- a bit thick
- above board
- a joke
- a laugh
- all your own
- as clear as mud
- as daft as a brush
- as scarce as hens' teeth
- avant garde
- barking mad
- beyond all reason
- beyond belief
- beyond compare
- beyond comprehension
- beyond one's wildest dreams
- beyond possibility
- beyond reason
- beyond the bounds of possibility
- beyond the realm of reason