Exceeding and Special

Exceeding

Exceeding adjective - Being out of the ordinary.

Special and exceeding are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Special" instead an adjective "Exceeding".

Nearby Words: exceed, exceedingly, exceeded

Special

Special adjective - Being the one or ones of a class with no other members.

Exceeding and special are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Exceeding" instead an adjective "Special".

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / FTL: Faster Than Light It can field four drones (boarding, defense, anti-ship, and beam), not only exceeding the maximum of three only certain ships have, but fielding a special boarding drone that only takes two power instead of the normal three power.
  • Literature / The First Law The Heroes, being pretty much a war novel, has a lot of them, but special attention must be paid to Bremer dan Gorst, who routinely faces exceeding odds and comes alive out of this, and Whirrun of Bligh a.k.a.
  • Jesus Was Way Cool A supertrope to No Such Thing as Wizard Jesus (Jesus is always special, even if there are individuals In-Universe who are capable of matching or exceeding his own supernatural feats) and No Such Thing as Space Jesus (one part this to one part Humans Are Special).
Cite this Source
Special and Exceeding. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/exceeding/special
Exceeding & Special. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/exceeding/special>.
Special or Exceeding. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/exceeding/special.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "exceeding" and "special" have occurred on timeline