Antonyms for outstanding
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : out-stan-ding |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌaʊtˈstæn dɪŋ |
Definition of outstanding
Origin :- 1610s, "projecting, prominent, detached," present participle adjective from outstand (v.) "endure successfully, hold out against," from out (adv.) + stand (v.). Figurative sense of "conspicuous, striking" is first recorded 1830. Meaning "unpaid, unsettled" is from 1797. Related: Outstandingly.
- adj superior, excellent
- adj noticeable, striking
- adj referring to an unpaid debt
- Of the world as it is the outstanding fact is the necessity for struggle.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- Hector Hall had come to collect his outstanding account at last.
- Extract from : « The Flockmaster of Poison Creek » by George W. Ogden
- He arranged them first this way and then that way, but there was always about a dozen outstanding.
- Extract from : « Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas » by Lloyd Osbourne
- Challenges of this kind to inventiveness and activity are outstanding all the time.
- Extract from : « Rural Life and the Rural School » by Joseph Kennedy
- Although there are a number of variations, two outstanding types are recognizable.
- Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper
- In fact, all these fellows are of the very best, and of outstanding intelligence.
- Extract from : « War Letters of a Public-School Boy » by Paul Jones.
- It would force them to draw in outstanding loans for ready cash.
- Extract from : « Damned If You Don't » by Gordon Randall Garrett
- He was grinning from one huge, outstanding ear to the other.
- Extract from : « The Rich Little Poor Boy » by Eleanor Gates
- Consequently, He will not call in his outstanding debts severely.
- Extract from : « Foma Gordyeff » by Maxim Gorky
- Mr. Toombs opposed the policy of buying the outstanding debt at a premium.
- Extract from : « Robert Toombs » by Pleasant A. Stovall
Synonyms for outstanding
- A-1
- A-number-1
- ace
- arresting
- arrestive
- bad
- boss
- capital
- celebrated
- chief
- conspicuous
- cool
- crack
- distinguished
- dominant
- due
- eminent
- eventful
- exceptional
- eye-catching
- famous
- far-out
- great
- greatest
- hundred-proof
- important
- impressive
- leading
- magnificent
- main
- major
- marked
- mature
- memorable
- meritorious
- momentous
- mostest
- notable
- noteworthy
- number one
- ongoing
- open
- out-of-sight
- out-of-this-world
- overdue
- owing
- payable
- pending
- phenomenal
- predominant
- preeminent
- primo
- principal
- prominent
- pronounced
- remaining
- remarkable
- salient
- signal
- special
- standout
- star
- steller
- super
- superior
- superlative
- tops
- uncollected
- unresolved
- unsettled
- well-known
- world-class
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