remarkable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈmɑɹkəbl̩/
ipa: /ɹɪˈmɑːkəbl̩/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)kəbəl
Forms: form: more remarkable
form: most remarkable
Etymology: From remark + -able, from French remarquable.
Senses: examples: text: Her remarkable skill in mathematics is better than everyone else's in the class.
text: There is one argument commonly employ’d for the immateriality of the soul, which seems to me remarkable.
ref: 1739, David Hume, Treatise of Human Nature/Book 1: Of the understanding/Part IV:
text: [Owner]: No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'! Remarkable bird, the Norwegian Blue, idn'it, ay? Beautiful plumage!
[Mr. Praline]: The plumage don't enter into it. It's stone dead.
ref: 1969, Monty Python, “Monty Python’s Flying Circus”, in Dead Parrot sketch:
text: Sylsalto is a standard hydrogen-helium gas giant. It has no remarkable features.
ref: 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Sylsalto:
text: With such constant off-field turmoil Hughton’s work has been remarkable and this may have been his last game in charge. West Bromwich Albion, searching for a replacement for Roy Hodgson, are firm admirers.
ref: 2012 May 9, John Percy, “Birmingham City 2 Blackpool 2 (2-3 on agg): match report”, in the Telegraph:
synonyms: word: commentworthy
word: eminent
word: extraordinary
word: markworthy
word: notable
word: noteworthy
word: noticeable
word: observable
word: outstanding
word: rare
word: strange
word: unusual
word: wonderful
word: big
word: central
word: consequential
word: critical
word: crucial
word: epochful
word: essential
word: extraordinary
word: fateful
word: fatefraught
word: fatesome
word: heavy
word: pivotal
word: high on the totem pole
word: historic
word: innegligible
word: key
word: life-or-death
word: meaningful
word: necessary
word: noted
word: noticeable
word: observable
word: outstanding
word: paramount
word: pertinent
word: relevant
word: remarkable
word: salient
word: significant
word: unignorable
word: valuable
word: vital
word: weighty
word: distinguished
word: eminent
word: forestanding
word: markworthy
word: mentionable
word: nameable
word: namely
word: nameworthy
word: notable
word: noteworthy
word: extraordinaire
word: noticeable
word: observable
word: outstanding
word: pass-remarkable
word: ponderable
word: prominent
word: remarkable
word: signal
word: sovereign
antonyms: unremarkable
glosses: Worthy of remark; notable; interesting.
synonyms: word: abnormal
word: queer
word: singular
word: aberrant
word: abnormal
word: alien
word: anomalous
word: as queer as Dick's hatband
word: bizarre
word: curious
word: deviant
word: discrepant
word: eerie
word: eldritch
word: errant
word: exceptional
word: extraordinary
word: fey
word: forby
word: freak
word: freakish
word: freaky
word: fremd
word: funny
word: heteroclite
word: hinky
word: incongruous
word: incongruitous
word: irregular
word: kooky
word: monstrous
word: nonstandard
word: odd
word: outlandish
word: out of the ordinary
word: outré
word: peculiar
word: quaint
word: queer
word: queer as a clockwork orange
word: queer as a nine bob note
word: queer as a three dollar bill
word: queer as a coot
word: queer as Dick's hatband
word: rare
word: rum
word: rummy
word: selcouth
word: seld
word: singular
word: strange
word: trippy
word: uncanny
word: uncommon
word: unconventional
word: unearthly
word: unexpected
word: unreasonable
word: unusual
word: unwonted
word: weird
word: weirdsome
word: yampy
antonyms: word: normal
word: conspicuous
word: different
word: egregious
word: exceptional
word: historic
word: interesting
word: memorable
word: notable
word: noteworthy
word: outstanding
word: remarkable
word: special
word: strange
word: unique
glosses: Uncommon; unusual.
Derived terms: Mount Remarkable
pass-remarkable
remarkableness
remarkable pine
remarkably