Outstanding

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Outstanding \Out*stand"ing\, a.
     1. That stands out; undischarged; uncollected; not paid; as,
        outstanding obligations.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Revenues . . . as well outstanding as collected.


                                                    --A. Hamilton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Conspicuously excellent; markedly superior; distinguished.
        [PJC]
  
     3. So prominent so as to attract notice; conspicuous; usually
        but not always in a good sense.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  outstanding
       adj 1: distinguished from others in excellence; "did outstanding
              work in human relations"; "an outstanding war record"
       2: having a quality that thrusts itself into attention; "an
          outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by
          anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own
          freedom"; "a new theory is the most prominent feature of
          the book"; "salient traits"; "a spectacular rise in
          prices"; "a striking thing about Picadilly Circus is the
          statue of Eros in the center"; "a striking resemblance
          between parent and child" [syn: {prominent}, {salient}, {spectacular},
           {striking}]
       3: of major significance or importance; "a great work of art";
          "Einstein was one of the outstanding figures of the 20th
          century" [syn: {great}]
       4: owed as a debt; "outstanding bills"; "the amount still
          owed"; "undischarged debts" [syn: {owed}, {owing(p)}, {undischarged}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  171 Moby Thesaurus words for "outstanding":
     a cut above, above, ahead, appalling, apparent, arrant, arresting,
     ascendant, astonishing, back, better, blatant, bold, capital,
     capping, celebrated, choice, chosen, consequential, conspicuous,
     cortical, distinguished, dominant, due, eclipsing, egregious,
     eminent, emissile, epidermic, esteemed, estimable, exceeding,
     excellent, excelling, exceptional, excrescent, excrescential,
     exomorphic, exterior, external, extraordinary, extrinsic,
     extruding, fabulous, famed, famous, fantastic, finer, first-class,
     first-rate, flagrant, formidable, fringe, glaring, greater,
     hanging out, higher, important, in arrear, in arrears,
     in ascendancy, in relief, in the ascendant, in the foreground,
     in the limelight, incredible, jutting, left, leftover, magnificent,
     main, major, marked, marvelous, mature, memorable, net, noble,
     notable, noted, noteworthy, noticeable, notorious, obtrusive, odd,
     of choice, of mark, one up on, open, ostensible, out, outer,
     outermost, outlying, outmost, outside, outward, outward-facing,
     over, overdue, owed, owing, payable, peripheral, predominant,
     preeminent, prestigious, principal, prognathous, projecting,
     prominent, pronounced, protrudent, protruding, protrusile,
     protrusive, protuberant, protuberating, public, rare, receivable,
     redeemable, remaining, remanent, remarkable, rememberable,
     renowned, reputable, rivaling, roundabout, salient, seeming,
     sensational, signal, significant, smashing, spare, special, star,
     staring, stark-staring, stellar, sticking out, striking, super,
     superb, superexcellent, superficial, superfluous, superior,
     superlative, surface, surpassing, surplus, surviving, telling,
     to spare, to the front, topping, transcendent, transcendental,
     transcending, uncommon, unconsumed, unforgettable, unpaid,
     unresolved, unsettled, unused, upper, wonderful