Antonyms for exceptional
ɪkˈsɛp ʃə nlex·cep·tion·al

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. exceptional

   Antonyms:
   common, commonplace, customary, everyday, familiar, frequent, general, habitual, normal, ordinary, popular, prevalent, public, universal, usual

   Synonyms:
   infrequent, rare, singular, uncommon, unknown, unusual

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1. exceptional

   Antonyms:
   common, regular, normal, usual, ordinary

   Synonyms:
   rare, peculiar, uncommon, irregular, unusual, abnormal

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1. • Psychology

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1. exceeding, exceptional, olympian, prodigious, surpassingadjective

   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"

   Antonyms:
   normal, ordinary, common

   Synonyms:
   especial(a), olympian, stupendous, surpassing, particular(a), colossal, portentous, exceeding, exceptional(a), majestic, transcendent, special, prodigious

2. especial(a), exceptional, particular(a), specialadjective

   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?"

   Antonyms:
   common, ordinary, normal

3. exceptional(a)adjective

   deviating widely from a norm of physical or mental ability; used especially of children below normal in intelligence

   "special educational provisions for exceptional children"

   Antonyms:
   ordinary, common, normal

How to use exceptional in a sentence?

1. Phil Cappelli:

   Absorbing the exceptional culinary flavors of Peru would be one of the highlights of the company's new tour to the country in 2016, which will have everything from 'a 'New Andean' feast at Huaca Pucllana -- one of Lima's most celebrated restaurants overlooking the illuminated ruins of a pre-Inca pyramid -- to a traditional Pachamanca feast.

2. Edith Cabrera:

   She was an exceptional person, a lovely person especially with her family, even with her students.

3. Chris Pratt:

   America’s exceptional armed forces have altered the course of the world for the better. From the Union Army defeating slave owning confederates, to the Greatest Generation and her Allies vanquishing the Nazis or our special operators hunting down the perpetrators of 9/11. We count the names of each fallen solider lest they be countless. They are the good guys. They run to the sound of gunfire. They know pain and suffering we never will.

4. Ohio GOP Chairman Matt Borges:

   This run … as chairman of the party has been really the most exceptional experience, professional, of my entire life.

5. Dean Lomax:

   The size and the completeness together is what makes it truly exceptional.

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