standout
- noun
- /ˈstændˌaʊt/
- The Lassiter High School standout had been committed to UCLA since last January.
You were like a soccer standout originally, right, And dabbling in track.
- You were like a soccer standout originally, right, And dabbling in track.
- A couple of the standouts I'm going to be trying are the Shiseido New Synchro Skin Self Refreshing Tint.
- Is there other memories standouts from the the robotics and the AI work at MIT?
Examples
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Shaquelle Evans was the standout in the receiving corps, pulling in eight catches for 114 yards.
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Many of those kids became the high school standouts of the 1980s and 1990s in the Valley.
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On Monday, the Porter Ridge standout decided to stay close to home and don the green and white.
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But it's Diggler that remains the standout in this film.
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Teachers identified Millie as an academic standout who was making strong progress during the year in which we conducted this study.
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Caldwell was an all-star, a former standout at Arizona State who played on the 1964 United States gold-medal-winning Olympic team.
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Mercury soars in the early evening sky, but Jupiter and Saturn are the true late-winter standouts.
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Toni was a standout in her class, consistently earning the highest grades.
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At the conference, the keynote speech was given by a standout among the speakers who captivated the audience.
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The young artist was a standout at the gallery exhibition, drawing much attention to her unique style.
Synonyms
A team member who is the best and most important
A person or thing that stands out in a performance
Something very impressive that makes people stop and look
A person who is well known and admired
A very good performance by an actor or entertainer that gets special attention
A thing that looks very impressive and gets a lot of attention
How Notable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Standout comes from the two simple words stand and out, which together mean 'to stand apart' from a group. So a standout is a person or thing that is much better or more noticeable than the others.