🏳️ A long sign 📰 A big headline 🌟 Outstanding 🎉 To decorate

banner

10 5.6

A very successful time, for example a year

adjective
/ˈbænər/

: excelente

The concert was a banner event, receiving rave reviews and attracting a larger audience than ever before.

Rio, Scorsi, Gigsi, you know, always banner, even on tour.

Examples

This has been a banner year for me because we have been able to put on a series of lectures about epidemiology.
And the Chiron on Fox News showed that the stock market is at one of the highest levels, having a banner day.
This has been a banner year for our team, as we achieved unprecedented success in every project.
Her performance in the play was banner, showcasing her exceptional talent and captivating the audience.

Synonyms

great

vsbanner

∞ 1.0

Very good or excellent in quality

is unusually good but may stress uncommon excellence rather than routine quality

excellent

vsbanner

∞ 1.0

Very good and better than most similar things

is unusually good but not always the absolute highest quality

not bad

vsbanner

Informal

938 3.0

Better than expected and quite good

is unusually good but expressed without ironic understatement

fantastic

vsbanner

891 1.9

Very good and impressive, making you feel pleased

is unusually good but may not stress enjoyment or fun

terrific

vsbanner

650 3.3

Very strong and often causing great damage

is unusually good but not necessarily intense or dramatic

outstanding

vsbanner

241 3.4

Much better than most others in skill or quality

is unusually good but may not stress prominence or noticeability

exceptional

vsbanner

159 4.1

Being much better than normal or usual

is similarly unusual but stresses overall excellence rather than magnitude

phenomenal

vsbanner

136 5.4

Very impressive and much better than normal

is unusually good but less about rare, remarkable impact

superb

vsbanner

111 3.5

Of very high quality and extremely good

is unusually good but less focused on formal quality ranking

swell

vsbanner

Archaic

98 7.3

Very good and enjoyable

is unusually good but more modern and neutral in tone

mean

vsbanner

Slang

71 7.5

Very good and impressive at a skill

is unusually good but stated in a more neutral register

dandy

vsbanner

Archaic

48 6.7

Very good and impressive

is unusually good but without the playful vintage tone

top-notch

vsbanner

36 4.4

Very high quality and among the best

is unusually good but not limited to formal high standards

out of this world

vsbanner

Informal

27 4.1

Very good and impressive

is unusually good but less hyperbolic or fantastic in claim

tops

vsbanner

Informal

21 7.8

Very good and the best in quality

is unusually good but presented in a more neutral tone

super-duper

vsbanner

Informal

11 7.9

Very good and impressive

is unusually good but without playful or childish tone

goddamn good

vsbanner

Offensive

7 7.9

Very good and impressive

is unusually good but avoids coarse or vulgar emphasis

absolutely awesome

vsbanner

Informal

3 2.8

Very impressive and exciting

is unusually good but more neutral and less emotionally intense

wunderbar

vsbanner

Informal

2 8.0

Very good and making you feel happy or surprised

is unusually good but more neutral and less colloquial warmth

surpassing

vsbanner

2 5.8

Far better than what is usual or expected

is unusually good but focuses on standout excellence rather than gap

simply awesome

vsbanner

Informal

1 4.1

Very impressive and making people feel amazed

is unusually good but stated without such strong excitement

simply phenomenal

vsbanner

1 5.5

Very impressive and much better than you expect

is unusually good but not always implying extraordinary rarity

Antonyms

ordinary

681 1.0

Normal and not special or unusual

mediocre

94 4.8

Only average in quality and not very good

Compounds

Star-Spangled Banner

19 3.4

The national flag of the United States with stars and stripes that stands for the country

The Star-Spangled Banner

Formal

14 3.7

The national anthem of the United States with words by Francis Scott Key

district banner

Archaic

9.9

A flag with colors and symbols that shows the district of knights

How Good

excellent

∞ 1.0

banner

10 5.6

good

Informal

927 7.9

Surface Forms

banner positive

bannerer comparative

bannerest superlative

Etymology

Banner as an adjective started from the idea of a flag marking a special event or success. So a banner year means an unusually good or outstanding year.