I overwhelmingly love a great superlative. While you may not know the awesome word “superlative,” I have no doubt you use them on a frequent basis. I find myself returning to them over and over again to give delightful definition and extraordinary enunciation to what I want to say. I often end emails with them and shout one as a momentous battle cry to friends journeying along the Narrow Way.
So what IS a superlative? The official definition is an adverb or adjective expressing “the highest quality or degree,” but that’s obviously not saying much (or perhaps too much). Simply, a superlative is one of those magical words used to convey the incredibleness of something.
“Wow! That’s soooo cool!” “Totally narley dude.” “That is absolutely marvelous.” “You are one bodacious brother.” Yep, superlatives. And if you’re like me, you use them all the time.
I’ve been compiling a list of grand and glorious superlatives – see below (so if you have a new one not on the list – feel free to comment and add it!). And may your day be filled to overflowing with the divine, fantastic, illustrious, incomparable, outrageous, stupendous love and life of Jesus!
Superlatives
Amazing
Astonishing
Astounding
Awesome
Best
Bodacious
Breathtaking
Brilliant
Cool
Consummate
Dandy
Delightful
Divine
Epic
Excellent
Exceptional
Exemplary
Extraordinary
Fabulous
Fantasmagorical
Fantastic
Flabbergasted
Fine
Fly
Glorious
Gnarly
Good
Grand
Great
Groovy
Illustrious
Incomparable
Incredible
Joyous
Lovely
Magical
Magnificent
Marvelous
Matchless
Mighty
Mind-boggling
Momentous
Nonpareil
Outrageous
Outstanding
Out of this world
Perfect
Phat
Phenomenal
Preeminent
Prodigious
Quintessential
Rad
Radical
Remarkable
Sensational
Smashing
Snazzy
Spectacular
Splendid
Splendiferous
Sprightly
Staggering
Stellar
Stunning
Stupendous
Sublime
Super
Super-duper
Superb
Supreme
Surpassing
Swell
Terrific
Top-notch
Tremendous
Tubular
Unbeatable
Unbelievable
Unequaled
Unparalleled
Unprecedented
Unrivaled
Unsurpassing
Wicked
Wonderful
Wondrous
Do you have another GREAT superlative to add? Why don’t you list it in the comment section below!