outstanding
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌaʊtˈstæn.dɪŋ/
ipa: /ˌʌʊtˈstæn.dɪŋ/
ipa: /ˌæɔtˈstæn.dɪŋ/
rhymes: -ændɪŋ
Forms: form: more outstanding
form: most outstanding
Etymology: From outstand, equivalent to out- + standing or outstand + -ing.
Senses: synonyms: word: eminent
word: noteworthy
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
glosses: Prominent or noticeable; sovereign.
examples: text: Charles S. Peirce, 1839 to 1914, was one of America's most outstanding intellects. Philosopher, mathematician, and scientist, he wrote profusely, the equivalent of almost 100,000 printed pages in all.
ref: 1978, Arthur Burks, The New Elements of Mathematics (review by Burks):
text: The Gunners captain demonstrated his importance to the team by taking his tally to an outstanding 28 goals in 27 Premier League games as Chelsea slumped again after their shock defeat at QPR last week.
ref: 2011 October 29, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 3 - 5 Arsenal”, in BBC Sport:
synonyms: word: amazing
word: impressive
word: surpassing
word: amazing
word: astounding
word: awesome
word: awesomesauce
word: based
word: bewildering
word: cool
word: dope
word: enchanting
word: excellent
word: extraordinary
word: far out
word: fire
word: goshwow
word: hellagood
word: impressive
word: incredible
word: inspiring
word: gnarly
word: goated
word: grand
word: grandiose
word: great
word: groovy
word: magnificent
word: major
word: majestic
word: marvellous
word: mystifying
word: mythic
word: neat
word: lit
word: outstanding
word: phenomenal
word: powerful
word: rad
word: selcouth
word: stupendous
word: stupefying
word: sublime
word: surpassing
word: terrific
word: tight
word: unbelievable
word: unreal
word: wicked
word: wonderful
word: wondrous
antonyms: mediocre
glosses: Exceptionally good; distinguished from others by its superiority.
examples: text: At a distance of about seven or eight miles to the northeastward of the landing, there is an outstanding group of mountains crowning a spur from the main chain of the Coast Range, whose highest point rises about eight thousand feet above the level of the sea;...
ref: 1915, John Muir, Travels in Alaska:
synonyms: prominent
protuberant
glosses: Projecting outwards.
examples: text: I have several outstanding tasks on my to-do list.
text: Are there any outstanding issues that need to be addressed?
synonyms: unfinished
unsettled
wide open
glosses: Unresolved; not settled or finished.
examples: text: You must pay any outstanding corporate card balance immediately.
text: The distribution of the capital shall in the case of each loan be based on the capital amount outstanding at the date of the coming into force of the present Treaty.
ref: 1923, Treaty of Lausanne:
text: I kept account of every farthing I spent, and my expenses were carefully calculated. Every little item such as omnibus fares or postage or a couple of coppers spent on newspapers, would be entered, and the balance struck every evening before going to bed. That habit has stayed with me ever since, and I know that as a result, though I have had to handle public funds amounting to lakhs, I have succeeded in exercising strict economy in their disbursement, and instead of outstanding debts have had invariably a surplus balance in respect of all the movements I have led. Let every youth take a leaf out of my book and make it a point to account for everything that comes into and goes out of his pocket, and like me he is sure to be a gainer in the end.
ref: 1927-29, M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, translated 1940 by Mahadev Desai, Part I, Chapter xvi
synonyms: unpaid
unsettled
glosses: Owed as a debt.
Derived terms: days sales outstanding
outstandingly
outstandingness
Related terms: stand out
stand-out