超絶|ちょうぜつchouzetsu[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbtranscendence; excellence; superiority
2. adverbsuper; extremely; awfully

• Synonym超越ちょうえつNeutralGoing beyond ordinary limits or rising to a higher plane, as in 「時代を超越」; stresses crossing a boundary, while 超絶 stresses peerless skill.
• Synonym際立つきわだつNeutralVerb for standing out conspicuously; stresses being eye-catching, not necessarily superior ability.
• Synonym秀でるひいでるNeutralNative-Japanese verb for excelling in talent, as in 「語学に秀でる」; somewhat literary and complimentary.
• Synonym卓抜たくばつWrittenWritten, formal word for brilliance in ideas or talent; said chiefly of conceptions.
• Synonym卓越たくえつNeutralNeutral yet formal word for preeminence, as in 「卓越した技術」.
• Synonym飛び抜けるとびぬけるNeutralColloquial verb for being exceptionally outstanding; stresses the wide gap from the rest.
• Synonym秀逸しゅういつNeutralSaid mostly of works and performances that are exceptionally fine.
• Synonym傑出けっしゅつNeutralFor being outstanding, as in 「傑出した人物」; said chiefly of people.
• Synonym出色しゅっしょくNeutralFor being brilliant or striking; stresses a performance that catches the eye.
• Synonym並外れるなみはずれるNeutralVerb for being out of the ordinary; neutral, so it covers both good and bad extremes.
• SynonymとびきりCasualColloquial word for the very best or exceptionally so, as in 「とびきりの笑顔」; carries warm enthusiasm.
• Synonym勝るまさるNeutralVerb for surpassing or being stronger; centers on comparison, as in 「〜に勝るとも劣らない」.
• Synonym凌駕りょうがWrittenWritten, formal word for overriding or outdoing something, as in 「予想を凌駕する」; stresses overwhelming the object of comparison.
• Synonym図抜けるずぬけるNeutralColloquial verb for towering far above the crowd; close in meaning to 「ずば抜ける」.
• Synonym特出とくしゅつWrittenWritten word for being especially prominent; used relatively rarely.
• Synonym抜き出るぬきでるNeutralVerb for rising above the rest; stresses emerging from among the crowd.
• Synonym至高しこうNeutralFor being supreme; stresses the very highest level.
• Synonym出群しゅつぐんWrittenWritten word for standing out from the crowd; used relatively rarely.
• Synonym絶倫ぜつりんNeutralFor being matchless, often as 「精力絶倫」; has a vulgar side, so use with care.
• Synonym卓出たくしゅつWrittenWritten word for preeminence; used relatively rarely.
• Synonymずば抜けるずばぬけるNeutralVerb, common in speech, for far outshining the rest, as in 「ずば抜けた才能」.
• Synonym秀抜しゅうばつWrittenWritten word for outstanding talent; used relatively rarely.
• Synonym超凡ちょうぼんWrittenWritten word for being extraordinary; used relatively rarely.
• Related優れるすぐれるNeutralVerb for being superior, with wide-ranging uses; also appears in the negative, as in 「体調が優れない」.
• Antonym凡庸ぼんようNeutralAntonym: mediocrity, the opposite of the peerless excellence of 超絶.
• Antonym平凡へいぼんNeutralAntonym: being ordinary and unremarkable, the opposite of 超絶.

Use 「超絶」 for skill or ability far beyond the ordinary, as in 「超絶技巧」; online it also works adverbially, as in 「超絶かわいい」. For going beyond limits or bounds choose 「超越」, for outdoing something 「凌駕」, and in everyday speech 「ずば抜ける」. Most of the rest are verbs or nouns of standing out — pick by nuance: eye-catching 「際立つ」, talent 「秀でる」, ideas 「卓抜」, people 「傑出」. The antonym is 「凡庸」.

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