抜群|ばつぐんbatsugun[0]heiban (flat)

1. no-adjective, na-adjectiveoutstanding; excellent; exceptional; distinguished; unrivaled; surpassing (e.g. beauty); beyond compare
   あなたはユーモアのセンスが抜群ばつぐんです。↗

   You've got a great sense of humor.

• Synonym非凡ひぼんWrittenWritten word for the extraordinary, often said of talent and skill. 抜群 stresses clearly standing out from many of the same kind, as in 「抜群の成績」.
• Synonym優秀ゆうしゅうNeutralRefers to excellent grades or ability, mostly said of people and products. 抜群 stresses far surpassing the field and also covers taste and quality.
• Synonym出色しゅっしょくWrittenWritten word for conspicuously outstanding, as in 「出色の出来」. Close to 抜群 in meaning, but 抜群 is the more common choice in everyday use.
• Synonym秀逸しゅういつWrittenWritten word used chiefly to praise works, ideas or wording as exceptionally good. 抜群 applies more widely and is more common in daily use.
• Synonym卓抜たくばつWrittenWritten word for preeminently brilliant, as in 「卓抜な発想」. 抜群 is the more common of the two.
• Synonym優良ゆうりょうNeutralMeans good quality, used mostly of products and companies. 抜群 stresses far surpassing one's peers.
• Synonym目覚ましいめざましいWrittenWritten word often used of remarkable progress or development. 抜群 stresses the state of being outstanding itself.
• Synonym優れたすぐれたNeutralA prenominal form meaning simply excellent, with no limit on degree. 抜群 stresses being clearly outstanding within a group.
• Synonym秀抜しゅうばつWrittenWritten word for talent that towers over others; rare in modern Japanese. 抜群 is more common and is not limited to talent.
• Related素晴らしいすばらしいCasualColloquial all-purpose word of admiration for anything wonderful. 抜群 implies standing out clearly in comparison with others.
• RelatedすごいCasualColloquial word for something amazing or intense, used for good and bad alike. 抜群 is only for things outstandingly good.
• Related並み外れなみはずれWrittenWritten word for far above the average, for better or worse, as in 「並外れた暑さ」. 抜群 is used only of good things.
• Related希代きたいWrittenWritten word for something rarely seen in the world, as in 「希代の天才」. 抜群 stresses standing out in comparison with others of the same kind.
• Related特別とくべつNeutralMeans special or different from the norm, as in 「特別な才能」; it also covers special treatment and need not mean better. 抜群 means clearly superior to one's peers.
• Related格別かくべつWrittenWritten word for exceptionally good compared with the usual, as in 「格別の味」. 抜群 stresses standing out in comparison with others of the same kind.
• Related上等じょうとうNeutralMeans top grade or quality, as in 「上等な肉」. 抜群 stresses standing out clearly among peers and says nothing about grade.
• Related破格はかくWrittenWritten word for breaking with precedent or the rules, as in 「破格の待遇」. 抜群 means superior to one's peers.
• Related偉大いだいWrittenWritten word for greatness, said of the weight of people and their achievements. 抜群 only means more prominent than one's peers, with no sense of grandeur.
• RelatedスペシャルCasualLoanword for special or specially made, also TV specials. It carries no sense of being clearly better than others, unlike 抜群.
• Related異色いしょくWrittenWritten word for unique and distinctive, not necessarily better. 抜群 means superior to one's peers.
• Related桁外れけたはずれCasualColloquial word for scale or degree far beyond the norm, for better or worse. 抜群 is used only of things outstandingly good.
• Related希有けうWrittenWritten word for something rarely seen, as in 「希有な例」, with no judgement of good or bad. 抜群 means superior to one's peers.
• Related人並みはずれたひとなみはずれたWrittenWritten prenominal word for far beyond ordinary people; it can mean excellent or simply unlike most people. 抜群 is specifically for excelling over one's kind.
• Related超凡ちょうぼんWrittenWritten word for transcending the ordinary, extremely excellent; rare in modern usage. Say 「抜群」 or 「非凡」 in everyday speech.
• Related驚異的きょういてきWrittenWritten word for something astounding, as in 「驚異的な記録」; the emphasis is on astonishing. 抜群 stresses standing out from the pack.
• Related桁違いけたちがいCasualColloquial word for being in a different league, an order of magnitude apart, for better or worse. 抜群 is used only of things outstandingly good.
• Antonym凡庸ぼんようWrittenWritten word for mediocre, the direct opposite of 抜群, which means standing out from the crowd.
• Antonym並なみNeutralMeans average or ordinary, as in 「並の人」; the opposite of 抜群, which means far above the general run.

Use 「抜群」 for someone or something that clearly stands out from others of the same kind, as in 「抜群のセンス」 or 「抜群の味」. For solid ability, 「優秀」 is the everyday choice; 「非凡」 covers the extraordinary; 「桁外れ」 and 「桁違い」 describe scale or degree beyond the norm, for good or bad; 「素晴らしい」 and 「凄い」 are the colloquial words of praise. Unlike 「抜群」, which is only for the good, 「並み外れ」 and 「桁外れ」 can describe bad things too. The opposites are 「凡庸」 and 「並」.

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1. 多おおくの者ものの中なかから一人ひとり抜け出ぬけでていること。群ぐんを抜ぬいたさま。
2. 際立きわだって優すぐれているさま。