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单词 par excellence
释义

par excellence

adjective

par ex·​cel·​lence ˈpär-ˌek-sə-ˈläns How to pronounce par excellence (audio) ˈpär-ˌek-sə-ˈläⁿs How to pronounce par excellence (audio)
: being the best of a kind : preeminent
a chef par excellence

Synonyms

  • A-OK
  • A1
  • awesome
  • bang-up
  • banner
  • beautiful
  • blue-chip
  • blue-ribbon
  • boffo
  • bonny [chiefly British]
  • bonnie
  • boss [slang]
  • brag
  • brave
  • bully
  • bumper
  • capital
  • choice
  • classic
  • cool [slang]
  • corking
  • crackerjack
  • cracking
  • dandy
  • divine
  • dope [slang]
  • down [slang]
  • dynamite
  • excellent
  • fab
  • fabulous
  • famous
  • fantabulous [slang]
  • fantastic
  • fine
  • first-class
  • first-rate
  • first-string
  • five-star
  • four-star
  • frontline
  • gangbusters
  • gangbuster
  • gilt-edged
  • gilt-edge
  • gone [slang]
  • grand
  • great
  • groovy
  • heavenly
  • high-class
  • hot
  • hype [slang]
  • immense
  • jim-dandy
  • keen
  • lovely
  • marvelous
  • marvellous
  • mean
  • neat
  • nifty
  • noble
  • number one
  • No. 1
  • numero uno
  • out-of-sight [slang]
  • peachy
  • peachy keen
  • phat [slang]
  • prime
  • primo [slang]
  • prize
  • prizewinning
  • quality
  • radical [slang]
  • righteous [slang]
  • sensational
  • slick
  • splendid
  • stellar
  • sterling
  • superb
  • superior
  • superlative
  • supernal
  • swell
  • terrific
  • tip-top
  • top
  • top-notch
  • top-of-the-line
  • top-shelf
  • topflight
  • topping [chiefly British]
  • unsurpassed
  • wizard [chiefly British]
  • wonderful
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Example Sentences

sophisticated cuisine that is obviously the work of a chef par excellence
Recent Examples on the Web To the friendly audience at the Bush Center, the Iraq-Ukraine mix-up landed as a Bushism par excellence, a harmless and endearing slip-up. New York Times, 8 June 2022 Principal horn David Cooper, brass shapeshifter par excellence, shone throughout. Hannah Edgar, chicagotribune.com, 1 Apr. 2022 Of course, eventually Jack makes the sunglasses indoors look a permanent fixture of his steez, which is absolutely a freak move par excellence. Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2022 Klaus Fuchs defended Party dogma even as the Party was turning his East Germany into the surveillance state par excellence. Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2022 Consider his case study of tiny Barbados (21 miles long, 19 miles wide), the sugar-island par excellence. Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 28 Jan. 2022 Possibly the most vocal in his admiration is former Reagan administration official and paleoconservative par excellence, Pat Buchanan. Joseph S. Laughon, National Review, 2 Mar. 2022 Burnett is also a poet, and her sensory descriptions are par excellence. The Week Staff, The Week, 24 Jan. 2022 This retrospective sent a collective shivering depth charge through viewers’ psyches and showed that Neel was the painter par excellence of modern life. Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

French, literally, by excellence

First Known Use

1695, in the meaning defined above

par excellence 1 of 2

adjective

as in excellent
of the very best kind sophisticated cuisine that is obviously the work of a chef par excellence

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • excellent
  • awesome
  • wonderful
  • terrific
  • lovely
  • great
  • beautiful
  • superb
  • fabulous
  • fantastic
  • stellar
  • fine
  • marvelous
  • quality
  • prime
  • hot
  • classic
  • famous
  • heavenly
  • neat
  • cool
  • divine
  • number one
  • superior
  • choice
  • top
  • marvellous
  • too much
  • capital
  • cracking
  • splendid
  • peachy keen
  • superlative
  • sensational
  • prize
  • brave
  • swell
  • exceptional
  • banner
  • slick
  • topping
  • unsurpassed
  • sterling
  • good
  • dynamite
  • grand
  • fab
  • numero uno
  • frontline
  • out of this world
  • noble
  • mean
  • dandy
  • bully
  • peachy
  • all right
  • better
  • groovy
  • hype
  • immense
  • gangbusters
  • gone
  • righteous
  • brag
  • boss
  • keen
  • crackerjack
  • bumper
  • decent
  • dope
  • nifty
  • radical
  • wizard
  • down
  • prizewinning
  • topflight
  • primo
  • gangbuster
  • supernal
  • top-notch
  • first-rate
  • corking
  • out-of-sight
  • adequate
  • first-class
  • satisfactory
  • high-class
  • top-of-the-line
  • acceptable
  • boffo
  • gilt-edge
  • special
  • fantabulous
  • top-shelf
  • No. 1
  • A-OK
  • bonny
  • five-star
  • premium
  • traditional
  • tip-top
  • bang-up
  • passable
  • four-star
  • first-string
  • classical
  • bonnie
  • blue-chip
  • phat
  • A1
  • blue-ribbon
  • gilt-edged
  • tolerable
  • fancy
  • select
  • standard
  • okay
  • jim-dandy
  • superfine
  • OK
  • high-grade
  • high-test

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • poor
  • terrible
  • atrocious
  • awful
  • lousy
  • unsatisfactory
  • bad
  • wretched
  • inferior
  • rotten
  • pathetic
  • vile
  • execrable
  • mediocre
  • substandard
  • low-grade
  • middling
  • second-rate
  • second-class
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par excellence

2 of 2

adverb

as in at all

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • at all
  • very
  • full
  • extremely
  • right
  • however
  • fully
  • completely
  • half
  • anyway
  • anyhow
  • somehow
  • ever
  • anywise
  • someways
  • someway
  • altogether
  • out
  • exactly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • nothing
  • never
  • none
  • nowhere near
  • no
  • nowise
  • noways
  • nothing doing
  • noway
  • in no wise
  • on no account
  • by no means
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