 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
outstanding
adjective
1: distinguished from others in excellence; "did outstanding
work in human relations"; "an outstanding war record"
2: having a quality that thrusts itself into attention; "an
outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by
anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own
freedom"; "a new theory is the most prominent feature of
the book"; "salient traits"; "a spectacular rise in
prices"; "a striking thing about Picadilly Circus is the
statue of Eros in the center"; "a striking resemblance
between parent and child" [syn: {prominent}, {salient}, {spectacular},
{striking}]
3: of major significance or importance; "a great work of art";
"Einstein was one of the outstanding figures of the 20th
century" [syn: {great}]
4: owed as a debt; "outstanding bills"; "the amount still
owed"; "undischarged debts" [syn: {owed}, {owing(p)}, {undischarged}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Outstanding \Out*stand"ing\, adjective
1. That stands out; undischarged; uncollected; not paid; as,
outstanding obligations.
Revenues . . . as well outstanding as collected.
--A. Hamilton.
2. Conspicuously excellent; markedly superior; distinguished.
[PJC]
3. So prominent so as to attract notice; conspicuous; usually
but not always in a good sense.
[PJC]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
171 Moby Thesaurus words for "outstanding":
a cut above, above, ahead, appalling, apparent, arrant, arresting,
ascendant, astonishing, back, better, blatant, bold, capital,
capping, celebrated, choice, chosen, consequential, conspicuous,
cortical, distinguished, dominant, due, eclipsing, egregious,
eminent, emissile, epidermic, esteemed, estimable, exceeding,
excellent, excelling, exceptional, excrescent, excrescential,
exomorphic, exterior, external, extraordinary, extrinsic,
extruding, fabulous, famed, famous, fantastic, finer, first-class,
first-rate, flagrant, formidable, fringe, glaring, greater,
hanging out, higher, important, in arrear, in arrears,
in ascendancy, in relief, in the ascendant, in the foreground,
in the limelight, incredible, jutting, left, leftover, magnificent,
main, major, marked, marvelous, mature, memorable, net, noble,
notable, noted, noteworthy, noticeable, notorious, obtrusive, odd,
of choice, of mark, one up on, open, ostensible, out, outer,
outermost, outlying, outmost, outside, outward, outward-facing,
over, overdue, owed, owing, payable, peripheral, predominant,
preeminent, prestigious, principal, prognathous, projecting,
prominent, pronounced, protrudent, protruding, protrusile,
protrusive, protuberant, protuberating, public, rare, receivable,
redeemable, remaining, remanent, remarkable, rememberable,
renowned, reputable, rivaling, roundabout, salient, seeming,
sensational, signal, significant, smashing, spare, special, star,
staring, stark-staring, stellar, sticking out, striking, super,
superb, superexcellent, superficial, superfluous, superior,
superlative, surface, surpassing, surplus, surviving, telling,
to spare, to the front, topping, transcendent, transcendental,
transcending, uncommon, unconsumed, unforgettable, unpaid,
unresolved, unsettled, unused, upper, wonderful
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