Surpassing

4 definitions found

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

  Surpassing \Sur*pass"ing\, a.
     Eminently excellent; exceeding others. "With surpassing glory
     crowned." --Milton. -- {Sur*pass"ing*ly}, adv. --
     {Sur*pass"ing*ness}, n.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Surpass \Sur*pass"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Surpassed}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Surpassing}.] [F. surpasser; sur over + passer to
     pass. See {Sur-}, and {Pass}.]
     To go beyond in anything good or bad; to perform (an
     activity) better than; to exceed; to excel.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           This would surpass
           Common revenge and interrupt his joy.    --Milton.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: To exceed; excel; outdo; outstrip.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  surpassing
       adj 1: exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in
              excellence [syn: {transcendent}]
       2: far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree; "a night of
          exceeding darkness"; "an exceptional memory"; "olympian
          efforts to save the city from bankruptcy"; "the young
          Mozart's prodigious talents" [syn: {exceeding}, {exceptional},
           {olympian}, {prodigious}]

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

  108 Moby Thesaurus words for "surpassing":
     a cut above, above, absolute, ahead, arrant, ascendant, best,
     better, capping, champion, choice, chosen, classical, complete,
     consummate, crass, decided, definitive, distinguished, downright,
     eclipsing, egregious, elect, elite, eminent, enormous, exceeding,
     excellent, excelling, excessive, extraordinary, finer, flagrant,
     for the best, glaring, great, greater, greatest, gross, handpicked,
     higher, in ascendancy, in the ascendant, incomparable, intolerable,
     major, marked, matchless, of choice, one up on, optimal, optimum,
     out-and-out, outright, outstanding, over, paramount, peerless,
     perfect, picked, positive, precious, preeminent, prime, prize,
     profound, pronounced, proper, quintessential, rank, rare, regular,
     rivaling, select, shattering, shocking, stark, stark-staring,
     super, superior, superlative, supreme, the veriest, thorough,
     thoroughgoing, topping, total, towering, transcendent,
     transcendental, transcending, ultimate, unbearable, unconscionable,
     undeniable, unequivocal, unmatchable, unmatched, unmitigated,
     unparalleled, unqualified, unrelieved, unspoiled, unsurpassable,
     unsurpassed, upper, utter, very best