| Main Entry: | excellence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | superiority |
Synonyms: |
arete, class, distinction, eminence, excellency, fineness, goodness, greatness, high quality, merit, perfection, preeminence, purity, quality, superbness, supremacy, transcendence, virtue, worth, éclat |
Antonyms: |
failure, imperfection, inferiority |
| Main Entry: | amenity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pleasant thing |
Synonyms: |
advantage, betterment, comfort, convenience, enhancement, enrichment, excellence, extravagance, facility, frill, improvement, luxury, merit, quality, service, superfluity, virtue |
Antonyms: |
abomination, inconvenience |
| Main Entry: | classicism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | simple style; regularity, restraint |
Synonyms: |
Atticism, Ciceronianism, Hellenism, aesthetic principle, balance, clarity, class, classicalism, conventional formality, dignity, elegance, excellence, finish, formal style, formality, grand style, grandeur, high art, lucidity, majesty, neoclassicism, nobility, objectivity, polish, proportion, propriety, pure taste, purity, rationalism, refinement, rhythm, severity, simplicity, sobriety, sublimity, symmetry |
| Main Entry: | distinction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prominence; achievement |
Synonyms: |
accolade, account, award, badge, bays, celebrity, consequence, credit, decoration, eminence, excellence, fame, flair, greatness, illustriousness, importance, kudos, laurels, manner, merit, name, note, perfection, preeminence, prestige, quality, rank, renown, reputation, repute, style, superiority, worth |
Antonyms: |
insignificance, lowliness, mediocrity, unimportance |
| Main Entry: | good |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | morality |
Synonyms: |
class, dignity, excellence, ideal, merit, prerogative, probity, quality, rectitude, right, righteousness, straight, uprightness, value, virtue, worth |
| Notes: | using good as an adverb in place of well ("she dances real good," "he did good") is nonstandard usage - so, it would be best to say "she dances very well," "he did well" well is an adverb to describe an activity; good is an adjective to describe a condition or state |
Antonyms: |
evil, immorality, sin, wickedness |
| Main Entry: | merit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advantage |
Synonyms: |
arete, asset, benefit, caliber, credit, desert, dignity, excellence, excellency, good, goodness, honor, integrity, perfection, quality, stature, strong point, talent, value, virtue, worth, worthiness |
Antonyms: |
demerit, disadvantage, fault, weakness |
| Main Entry: | nobility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | aristocracy; eminence |
Synonyms: |
dignity, elevation, elite, ennoblement, exaltation, excellence, generosity, gentry, glorification, grandeur, greatness, high society, honor, illustriousness, incorruptibility, integrity, loftiness, magnanimity, magnificence, majesty, nobleness, patricians, peerage, royalty, ruling class, society, stateliness, sublimity, superiority, upper class, uprightness, virtue, worthiness |
| Main Entry: | perfection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | achievement, completeness |
Synonyms: |
accomplishment, achieving, acme, arete, completion, consummation, crown, ending, entireness, evolution, exactness, excellence, excellency, exquisiteness, faultlessness, finish, finishing, fulfillment, ideal, idealism, impeccability, integrity, maturity, merit, paragon, perfectness, phoenix, precision, purity, quality, realization, ripeness, sublimity, superiority, supremacy, transcendence, virtue, wholeness |
Antonyms: |
damage, deficiency, flaw, imperfection, incompleteness, uselessness, worthlessness |
| Main Entry: | prowess |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability, skill |
Synonyms: |
accomplishment, address, adeptness, adroitness, aptitude, attainment, command, deftness, dexterity, excellence, expertise, expertness, facility, genius, mastery, readiness, sleight, talent |
Antonyms: |
inability, weakness |
| Main Entry: | quality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | value, status |
Synonyms: |
arete, caliber, capacity, character, class, condition, distinction, excellence, excellency, footing, grade, group, kind, merit, perfection, place, position, preeminence, rank, repute, standing, state, station, stature, step, superbness, superiority, variety, virtue, worth |