'Excellence' definitions:
Definition of 'excellence'
(from WordNet)
noun
The quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree
noun
An outstanding feature; something in which something or someone excels; "a center of manufacturing excellence"; "the use of herbs is one of the excellencies of French cuisine" [syn: excellence, excellency]
Definition of 'Excellence'
From: GCIDE
- Excellence \Ex"cel*lence\, n. [F. excellence, L. excellentia.]
- 1. The quality of being excellent; state of possessing good qualities in an eminent degree; exalted merit; superiority in virtue. [1913 Webster]
- Consider first that great Or bright infers not excellence. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. An excellent or valuable quality; that by which any one excels or is eminent; a virtue. [1913 Webster]
- With every excellence refined. --Beattie. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A title of honor or respect; -- more common in the form excellency. [1913 Webster]
- I do greet your excellence With letters of commission from the king. --Shak.
- Syn: Superiority; pre["e]minence; perfection; worth; goodness; purity; greatness. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'excellence'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accomplishment,
- acquired taste,
- advantageousness,
- agreeableness,
- appreciation of excellence,
- arete,
- ascendancy,
- auspiciousness,
- beneficialness,
- benevolence,
- benignity,
- choiceness,
- civilized taste,
- civilizedness,
- class,
- cogency,
- consequence,
- conspicuousness,
- cultivated taste,
- cultivation,
- culture,
- daintiness,
- deanship,
- delicacy,
- desert,
- discrimination,
- distinction,
- elegance,
- elevation,
- eminence,
- exaltation,
- excellency,
- expedience,
- fairness,
- fastidiousness,
- favor,
- favorableness,
- fineness,
- finesse,
- first-rateness,
- good taste,
- goodliness,
- goodness,
- grace,
- gracefulness,
- gracility,
- graciosity,
- graciousness,
- grandeur,
- greatness,
- healthiness,
- helpfulness,
- high mightiness,
- importance,
- incomparability,
- inimitability,
- kindness,
- lead,
- loftiness,
- majority,
- mark,
- merit,
- niceness,
- nicety,
- nobility,
- notability,
- note,
- one-upmanship,
- outstandingness,
- perfection,
- pleasantness,
- polish,
- precedence,
- predominance,
- predomination,
- preeminence,
- preponderance,
- prepotence,
- prepotency,
- prerogative,
- prestige,
- priority,
- privilege,
- profitableness,
- prominence,
- quality,
- refinement,
- rewardingness,
- right-of-way,
- seniority,
- significance,
- skill,
- skillfulness,
- sophistication,
- soundness,
- sublimity,
- subtlety,
- success,
- superbness,
- supereminence,
- superiority,
- supremacy,
- taste,
- tastefulness,
- transcendence,
- transcendency,
- usefulness,
- validity,
- value,
- virtue,
- virtuosity,
- virtuousness,
- wholeness,
- worth