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exceptional

 
Adjective exceptional has 3 senses
  1. exceeding, exceptional, olympian, prodigious, surpassing - far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree; "a night of exceeding darkness"; "an exceptional memory"; "olympian efforts to save the city from bankruptcy"; "the young Mozart's prodigious talents"
    Antonym: ordinary (indirect, via extraordinary)
  2. especial, exceptional, particular, special - surpassing what is common or usual or expected; "he paid especial attention to her"; "exceptional kindness"; "a matter of particular and unusual importance"; "a special occasion"; "a special reason to confide in her"; "what's so special about the year 2000?"
    Antonym: common (indirect, via uncommon)
  3. exceptional - deviating widely from a norm of physical or mental ability; used especially of children below normal in intelligence; "special educational provisions for exceptional children"
    Antonym:
    normal (indirect, via abnormal)
exceptable exceptably exceptation excepted excepting exception exceptionable exceptional exceptional exceptional nerve and ability exceptional prenominal exceptionalism exceptionally exceptionnelle exceptions excepton excepts

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