Entry Word: excellence

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 exceptionally high quality <the annual awards honor excellence in childrenʼs literature>

Synonyms distinction, excellency, greatness, preeminence, superbness, superiority, supremacy

Related Words faultlessness, flawlessness, impeccability, perfection; goodness, value, worth; consequence, importance, notability

Near Antonyms averageness, badness, inferiority, mediocrity, ordinariness, worthlessness

2 a quality that gives something special worth <the particular excellence of down in clothing and sleeping bags is its lightness>

Synonyms distinction, excellency, merit, value, virtue

Related Words advantage, edge, superiority

Near Antonyms blemish, defect, failing, fault, flaw

Antonyms deficiency