US /ˌʌʊtˈstæn.dɪŋ/ UK /ˌaʊtˈstæn.dɪŋ/
adj Freq #6576

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Extremely good; much better than others.

    She did an outstanding job on the project and won an award.

  2. 2
    adj

    Not yet paid, settled, or finished.

    Please clear any outstanding balance before the end of the month.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · extremely good; much better... amazingexcellentexceptional
2 adj · not yet paid, settled, or... owingunpaidunsettledunfinished
Word family
Derived forms outstandinglyoutstandingness
Related forms stand-out

Common collocations

Etymology

From outstand, equivalent to out- + standing or outstand + -ing.

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