Thesaurus: transcendent

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1. a. Very excellent; superior or supreme in excellence; surpassing others; as, transcendent worth; transcendent valor.
2. a. Transcending, or reaching beyond, the limits of human knowledge; -- applied to affirmations and speculations concerning what lies beyond the reach of the human intellect.
3. adj. exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in excellence
4. adj. beyond and outside the ordinary range of human experience or understanding
5. 1. Very excellent; superior or supreme in excellence; surpassing others; as, transcendent worth; transcendent valor. Clothed with transcendent brightness. Milton. 2. (Kantian Philos.) Transcending, or reaching beyond, the limits of human knowledge; -- applied to affirmations and speculations concerning what lies beyond the reach of the human intellect. That which surpasses or is supereminent; that which is very excellent.
6. Transcending, or reaching beyond, the limits of humanknowledge; -- applied to affirmations and speculations concerningwhat lies beyond the reach of the human intellect.
7. j:100 s. exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in excellence s. beyond and outside the ordinary range of human experience or understanding