extraordinary
So unusual or amazing that it is far beyond normal.
extraordinary in a sentence
- With one extraordinary leap, the goalkeeper flew across the goal and tipped the ball over the bar.
- The gymnast's extraordinary routine earned a perfect ten, something the judges had never given before.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to extraordinary?
- Aordinary
- Bnormal
- Camazing
- Dcommon
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C: amazing. The other three mean the opposite of extraordinary.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to extraordinary?
- Aamazing
- Bordinary
- Cunusual
- Dremarkable
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B: ordinary. The other three mean nearly the same as extraordinary.
Words that mean something similar
amazing, unusual, remarkable
Words that mean the opposite
ordinary, normal, common
More words about size & amount
- fragment: A small piece that has broken off something.
- gigantic: Very much bigger than normal.
- hefty: Big, heavy and solid.
- immense: Huge in size or amount, often too big to measure easily.
- inferior: Not as good as something else.
- infinite: Without any end or limit.
- innumerable: Too many to be counted.
- intense: Very strong or extreme.
More words to explore
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