transcendent

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: trans=cend=ent
• COUNT in NET: 1 in 1 verses (in OT : 1 in 1 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

transcendent, a. [L. transcendens, -entis, p. pr. of transcendere to transcend: cf. F. transcendant, G. transcendent.].

•  Very excellent; superior or supreme in excellence; surpassing others; as, transcendent worth; transcendent valor.  [1913 Webster]

  "Clothed with transcendent brightness."  [1913 Webster]
•  Transcending, or reaching beyond, the limits of human knowledge; -- applied to affirmations and speculations concerning what lies beyond the reach of the human intellect.  [1913 Webster]

transcendent, n. 

 That which surpasses or is supereminent; that which is very excellent.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

transcendent, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 excelling, surpassing (transcendent merit).
2 transcending human experience.
3 Philos. a higher than or not included in any of Aristotle's ten categories in scholastic philosophy. b not realizable in experience in Kantian philosophy.
4 (esp. of the supreme being) existing apart from, not subject to the limitations of, the material universe (opp. IMMANENT).
--n. Philos. a transcendent thing.

Derivative

transcendence n. transcendency n. transcendently adv.

THESAURUS

transcendent

Christlike, Christly, a cut above, above, absolute, accomplished, ahead, amorphous, ascendant, better, blind, boundless, capping, celestial, chosen, clear as mud, cloudy, consummate, dark, dim, distinguished, divine, eclipsing, eminent, empyrean, entire, eternal, exceeding, excellent, excelling, finer, finished, foggy, fuzzy, godlike, godly, greater, hazy, heavenly, higher, hypothetical, ideal, in ascendancy, in the ascendant, incarnate, incarnated, incomparable, indeterminate, indistinct, infinite, intact, intercessional, intercessive, made flesh, magnificent, major, marked, matchless, mediative, mediatory, misty, muddy, murky, nebulous, obscure, of choice, one up on, opaque, outstanding, over, paramount, peerless, perfect, preeminent, propitiative, propitiatory, rare, redemptive, rivaling, salvational, self-existent, shadowy, shapeless, sublime, super, superb, superhuman, superior, supernatural, supreme, surpassing, theoretical, topping, towering, transcendental, transcending, ultimate, unclear, unique, unmatchable, unparalleled, unplain, unsurpassable, upper, vague, whole

ROGET THESAURUS

transcendent

Superiority

N superiority, majority, greatness, advantage, pull, preponderance, preponderation, vantage ground, prevalence, partiality, personal superiority, nobility, Triton among the minnows, primus inter pares, nulli secundus, captain, crackajack, supremacy, preeminence, lead, maximum, record, trikumia, climax, culmination, transcendence, ne plus ultra, lion's share, Benjamin's mess, excess, surplus, (redundancy), superior, greater, major, higher, exceeding, great, distinguished, ultra, vaulting, more than a match for, supreme, greatest, utmost, paramount, preeminent, foremost, crowning, first-rate, unrivaled peerless, matchless, none such, second to none, sans pareil, unparagoned, unparalleled, unequalled, unapproached, unsurpassed, superlative, inimitable facile princeps, incomparable, sovereign, without parallel, nulli secundus, ne plus ultra, beyond compare, beyond comparison, culminating, transcendent, transcendental, plus royaliste que le Roi, more catholic than the Pope increased, enlarged, beyond, more, over, over the mark, above the mark, above par, upwards of, in advance of, over and above, at the top of the scale, at its height, eminently, egregiously, preeminently, surpassing, prominently, superlatively, supremely, above all, of all things, the most, to crown all, kat exochin, par excellence, principally, especially, particularly, peculiarly, a fortiori, even, yea, still more, I shall not look upon his like again, deos fortioribus addesse.

Repute

N repute, distinction, mark, name, figure, repute, reputation, good repute, high repute, note, notability, notoriety, eclat, the bubble reputation, vogue, celebrity, fame, famousness, renown, popularity, aura popularis, approbation, credit, succes d'estime, prestige, talk of the town, name to conjure with, glory, honor, luster, illustriousness, account, regard, respect, reputableness, respectability, good name, good report, fair name, dignity, stateliness, solemnity, grandeur, splendor, nobility, majesty, sublimity, rank, standing, brevet rank, precedence, pas, station, place, status, position, position in society, order, degree, baccalaureate, locus standi, caste, condition, greatness, eminence, height, importance, preeminence, supereminence, high mightiness, primacy, top of the ladder, top of the tree, elevation, ascent, superaltation, exaltation, dignification, aggrandizement, dedication, consecration, enthronement, canonization, celebration, enshrinement, glorification, hero, man of mark, great card, celebrity, worthy, lion, rara avis, notability, somebody, classman, man of rank, pillar of the state, pillar of the church, pillar of the community, chief, first fiddle, cynosure, mirror, flower, pink, pearl, paragon, choice and master spirits of the age, elite, star, sun, constellation, galaxy, ornament, honor, feather in one's cap, halo, aureole, nimbus, halo of glory, blaze of glory, blushing honors, laurels, memory, posthumous fame, niche in the temple of fame, immortality, immortal name, magni nominis umbra, distinguished, distingue, noted, of note, honored, popular, fashionable, in good odor in, favor, in high favor, reputable, respectable, creditable, remarkable, notable, notorious, celebrated, renowned, ion every one's mouth, talked of, famous, famed, far-famed, conspicuous, to the front, foremost, in the front rank, in the ascendant, imperishable, deathless, immortal, never fading, aere perennius, time honored, illustrious, glorious, splendid, brilliant, radiant, bright, full-blown, honorific, eminent, prominent, high, in the zenith, at the head of, at the top of the tree, peerless, of the first water, superior, supereminent, preeminent, great, dignified, proud, noble, honorable, worshipful, lordly, grand, stately, august, princely, imposing, solemn, transcendent, majestic, sacred, sublime, heaven- born, heroic, sans peur et sans reproche, sacrosanct, Int, hail!, all hail!, ave!, viva!, vive!, long life to!, banzai!, glory be to, honor be to?, one's name being in every mouth, one's name living for ever, sic itur ad astra, fama volat, aut Caesar aut nullus, not to know him argues oneself unknown, none but himself could be his parallel, palmam qui meruit ferat, above all Greek above all Roman fame, cineri gloria sera est, great is the glory for the strife is hard, honor virtutis praemium, immensum gloria calcar habet, the glory dies not and the grief is past, vivit post funera virtus.