Synonyms of exceptional

exceptional

adjective

1

as in extraordinary

being out of the ordinary

an exceptional amount of snow fell in March

Synonyms & Similar Words

• extraordinary
• unusual
• unique
• outstanding
• rare
• abnormal
• uncommon
• remarkable
• odd
• singular
• incredible
• exceeding
• phenomenal
• atypical
• noticeable
• anomalous
• peculiar
• especial
• striking
• aberrant
• unwonted
• notable
• uncustomary
• prominent
• freak
• conspicuous
• preternatural
• aberrated
• extraordinaire
• salient
• eccentric
• bizarre
• strange
• deviant
• unimaginable
• inconceivable
• weird
• outlandish
• quaint
• unthinkable
• incomprehensible
• freakish
• oddball
• monstrous

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• normal
• ordinary
• common
• typical
• usual
• customary
• unexceptional
• unextraordinary
• frequent
• familiar
• everyday

2

as in disabled

deprived of the power to perform one or more natural bodily activities

her experience working with exceptional children was rewarding and inspiring

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disabled
• challenged
• impaired
• deaf
• blind
• differently abled
• special-needs
• sick
• lame
• paralyzed
• halt
• unfit
• diseased
• unwell
• unhealthy
• quadriplegic
• incapacitated
• immobilized
• immobile
• mute
• ailing
• hard of hearing
• ill
• unsound

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unimpaired
• well
• whole
• sound
• robust
• wholesome
• healthy
• nondisabled
• able-bodied
• fit
• hearty
• abled
• bouncing
• hale
• chipper

3

as in intelligent

having or showing quickness of mind

a special school for exceptional children

Synonyms & Similar Words

• intelligent
• clever
• brilliant
• quick
• smart
• fast
• sharp
• bright
• keen
• skilled
• wise
• educated
• nimble
• alert
• quick-witted
• brainy
• ultrasmart
• acute
• cunning
• ingenious
• resourceful
• sharp-witted
• supersmart
• creative
• learned
• astute
• insightful
• sensible
• hyperintelligent
• reasonable
• knowledgeable
• perceptive
• apt
• savvy
• cerebral
• discerning
• literate
• knowing
• scholarly
• schooled
• sagacious
• informed
• sound
• trained
• logical
• inventive
• erudite
• prudent
• heady
• judicious
• rational
• perspicacious
• genial
• sane
• shrewd
• wily
• percipient
• highbrow
• crafty
• sapient
• sage
• well-read
• foxy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• simple
• stupid
• dense
• slow
• soft
• thick
• opaque
• dumb
• dull
• fatuous
• obtuse
• dim
• vacuous
• unintelligent
• senseless
• dopey
• mindless
• doltish
• witless
• brain-dead
• boneheaded
• brainless
• thickheaded
• weak-minded
• feebleminded
• dunderheaded
• idiotic
• pinheaded
• lamebrained
• lamebrain
• dorky
• softheaded
• silly
• foolish
• unbrilliant
• simpleminded
• moronic
• imbecile
• imbecilic
• gormless
• ignorant
• knuckleheaded
• dopy
• dim-witted
• empty-headed
• insane
• uneducated
• absurd
• thick-witted
• lunkheaded
• unsmart
• slow-witted
• uninformed
• airheaded
• chuckleheaded
• bubbleheaded
• half-witted
• illiterate
• crazy
• untaught
• idiotical
• unthinking
• zany
• mad
• unintellectual
• nonintellectual
• wacky
• nutty
• unwise
• birdbrained
• preposterous
• lowbrow
• unacademic
• nonsensical
• lunatic
• asinine
• whacky
• kooky
• balmy
• loony
• cuckoo
• sappy
• fool
• half-baked
• daffy
• daft
• boobish
• screwball
• dippy
• dotty
• harebrained
• cockeyed
• crackpot
• looney
• featherheaded
• tomfool
• kookie