" exceeding "

1: being out of the ordinary;

  * e.g., " ... accepted the apology with exceeding graciousness "

•  Synonyms : 

•  aberrant,

•  aberrated,

•  abnormal,

•  anomalous,

•  atypical,

•  especial,

•  exceptional,

•  extraordinaire,

•  extraordinary,

•  freak,

•  odd,

•  peculiar,

•  phenomenal,

•  preternatural,

•  rare,

•  singular,

•  uncommon,

•  uncustomary,

•  unique,

•  unusual,

•  unwonted

•  Antonyms : 

•  common,

•  customary,

•  normal,

•  ordinary,

•  typical,

•  unexceptional,

•  unextraordinary,

•  usual

1: to go beyond the limit of;

  * e.g., " ... by resorting to corporal punishment, the teacher had clearly exceeded his authority "

•  Synonyms : 

•  breaking,

•  outreaching,

•  outrunning,

•  overpassing,

•  overreaching,

•  overrunning,

•  overshooting,

•  overstepping,

•  surpassing,

•  transcending

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

2: to be greater, better, or stronger than;

  * e.g., " ... her knowledge of French wines exceeds that of anyone else I know "

•  Synonyms : 

•  beating,

•  bettering,

•  eclipsing,

•  excelling,

•  outclassing,

•  outdistancing,

•  outdoing,

•  outgunning,

•  outmatching,

•  outshining,

•  outstripping,

•  overtopping,

•  surpassing,

•  topping,

•  towering (over),

•  transcending

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to go beyond the limit of;

  * e.g., " ... by resorting to corporal punishment, the teacher had clearly exceeded his authority "

•  Synonyms : 

•  break,

•  outreach,

•  outrun,

•  overpass,

•  overreach,

•  overrun,

•  overshoot,

•  overstep,

•  surpass,

•  transcend

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

2: to be greater, better, or stronger than;

  * e.g., " ... her knowledge of French wines exceeds that of anyone else I know "

•  Synonyms : 

•  beat,

•  better,

•  eclipse,

•  excel,

•  outclass,

•  outdistance,

•  outdo,

•  outgun,

•  outmatch,

•  outshine,

•  outstrip,

•  overtop,

•  surpass,

•  top,

•  tower (over),

•  transcend

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to a great degree;

  * e.g., " ... the salesclerk was exceedingly patient with one customer who couldn't make up his mind "

•  Synonyms : 

•  achingly,

•  almighty,

•  archly,

•  awful,

•  awfully,

•  badly,

•  beastly,

•  blisteringly,

•  bone,

•  colossally,

•  corking,

•  cracking,

•  damn,

•  damned,

•  dang,

•  deadly,

•  desperately,

•  eminently,

•  enormously,

•  especially,

•  ever,

•  extra,

•  extremely,

•  fabulously,

•  fantastically,

•  far,

•  fiercely,

•  filthy,

•  frightfully,

•  full,

•  greatly,

•  heavily,

•  highly,

•  hugely,

•  immensely,

•  incredibly,

•  intensely,

•  jolly,

•  majorly,

•  mightily,

•  mighty,

•  monstrous,

•  mortally,

•  most,

•  much,

•  particularly,

•  passing,

•  rattling,

•  real,

•  really,

•  right,

•  roaring,

•  roaringly,

•  seriously,

•  severely,

•  so,

•  sore,

•  sorely,

•  spanking,

•  specially,

•  stinking,

•  such,

•  super,

•  supremely,

•  surpassingly,

•  terribly,

•  that,

•  thumping,

•  too,

•  unco,

•  uncommonly,

•  vastly,

•  very,

•  vitally,

•  way,

•  whacking,

•  wicked,

•  wildly

•  Antonyms : 

•  little,

•  negligibly,

•  nominally,

•  slightly,

•  somewhat