Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| admirability | the quality of being admirable. |
| ameliorate | to make better. |
| bakgat | (S. Afr.) fine, excellent. |
| barrie | (Scots) very good. |
| beezer | (Scots) something of exceptional quality. |
| belter | an impressive performer; an outstanding person or thing. |
| benevolent | marked by or disposed to doing good. |
| benevolently | (Adv.) BENEVOLENT, marked by or disposed to doing good. |
| best | most excellent; (adv.) surpassingly; (noun) one's utmost effort; (verb) to defeat. |
| bettermost | best. |
| betterness | the quality of being better. |
| bitchen | wonderful, excellent. |
| bon | (Fr.) good. |
| bonhomous | full of bonhomie, good nature; pleasant and easy manner. |
| bonza | (Aust. sl.) very good. |
| bonzer | (Aust. sl.) very good. |
| booshit | very good. |
| boshta | (Aust. sl.) very good. |
| boshter | (Aust. sl.) very good. |
| bosker | (Aust. sl.) very good. |
| bottler | (Aust. sl.) an outstanding person or thing. |
| brag | first-rate (noun ) a boast; (verb) to boast |
| brawlie | (Scots) very well. |
| brawly | (Scots) very well. |
| brill brilliant | outstandingly good. |
| budgeree | (Aborig.) good. |
| bully | great, terrific (noun) a person, often of superior strength or size, who distresses or persecutes others; (verb) to oppress cruelly |
| capital | excellent (noun) the upper part of a column |
| capitally | (Adv.) CAPITAL, excellent. |
| choiceness | the quality of being of particular value or worth. |
| copacetic | (US coll.) sound, adequate, excellent. |
| copasetic | (US coll.) sound, adequate, excellent. |
| copesetic | (US coll.) sound, adequate, excellent. |
| copesettic | (US) excellent. |
| crackajack | a person or thing of highest excellence. |
| crackback | a person or thing of highest excellence. |
| crackerjack | a person or thing of marked excellence. |
| crippler | one that cripples; (sl.) something astonishingly good. |
| dandily | (Adv.) DANDY, fine, well-dressed. |
| dandy | fine, well-dressed (noun) someone well-dressed |
| darb | something considered excellent of its kind. |
| dazzler | a remarkable or excellent thing or person. |
| def | excellent, brilliant. |
| deffly | (Spenser) deftly. |
| dench | (Sl.) excellent. |
| dinger | anything superlative of its kind. |
| dinkum | (Aust. sl.) genuine, real, truly; (noun) the truth. |
| duckie | (US sl.) excellent. |
| ducky | (US sl.) excellent (noun) a term of endearment |
| excel | to surpass others. |
| excellence | the quality of being excellent. |
| excellency | the quality of being excellent. |
| excellent | very good. |
| excellently | (Adv.) EXCELLENT, very good. |
| eximious | (Arch.) choice, excellent. |
| eximiously | (Adv.) EXIMIOUS, choice, excellent. |
| exo | (Aust. sl.) excellent. |
| extraordinaire | (Fr.) extraordinary, used postpositively as in 'a teacher extraordinaire'. |
| fab | marvellous (noun) a fabrication |
| fabby | excellent, marvellous. |
| fabulosity | fabulousness. |
| fantabulous | (Sl.) marvellously excellent. |
| feateous | (Arch.) shapely, well-made. |
| feateously | (Adv.) FEATEOUS, shapely, well-made. |
| featous | (Arch.) shapely, well-made. |
| featuous | (Arch.) shapely, well-made. |
| fine | of excellent quality (noun) a monetary penalty; (verb) to subject to a fine |
| fineish | somewhat fine. |
| finely | (Adv.) FINE, of excellent quality. |
| fleek | stylishness, as in on fleek. |
| frabjous | splendid, magnificent. |
| frabjously | (Adv.) FRABJOUS, splendid, magnificent. |
| fundi | (Nguni) in S. Africa, an expert. |
| good | having suitable qualities (noun) that which is morally or ethically right |
| goodiness | weak, priggish or canting goodness. |
| goodish | rather good; tolerable. |
| goodlihead | (Spenser) goodness. |
| goodly | of pleasing appearance. |
| goodlyhead | (Spenser) goodness. |
| goodness | the state of being good. |
| gospoda | (Russian) a Russian title of address, equivalent to Mr. No -S. |
| gospodin | (Russian) a Russian title of address, equivalent to Mr. No -S. |
| gradely | decent; orderly. |
| graithly | (Dial.) decent, orderly. |
| grouse | a game bird like a partridge; (adj.) very good (verb) to grumble |
| gude | (Scots) good; (noun) good. |
| guid | (Scots) good; (noun) good. |
| hellacious | remarkable, excellent. |
| humdinger | a person or thing of striking excellence. |
| inconie | (Shakesp.) fine, delicate. |
| incony | (Shakesp.) fine, delicate. |
| kiff | (S. Afr.) excellent. |
| kilter | good condition. |
| kingpin | a thing holding together a complex system or arrangement; the most important person in a party, organization, etc. |
| kopasetic | (US coll.) sound, adequate, excellent. |
| lalapalooza | something excellent. |
| lallapalooza | something excellent. |
| lollapaloosa | something excellent. |
| lollapalooza | something excellent. |
| lulu | an outstandingly bad or impressive person or thing. |
| lummy | (Sl.) excellent. |
| maestro | (Ital.) a master performer. |
| magnific | (Arch.) magnificent. |
| magnifical | (Arch.) magnificent. |
| magnifically | (Adv.) MAGNIFIC, magnificent. |
| marvy | (Coll.) marvellous. |
| maven | (US sl.) an expert, a pundit. |
| meister | (Ger.) an expert in a particular activity. |
| meliorate | to make better. |
| meliority | the state of being better. |
| mirable | (Shakesp.) wonderful; admirable. |
| mooi | (Afrikaans) fine. |
| nang | (Sl.) excellent, cool. |
| nonesuch | a person or thing without an equal. |
| nonsuch | a person or thing without an equal. |
| oner | something that is one of its kind. |
| optimal | most desirable. |
| optimality | the state of being optimal. |
| optimally | (Adv.) OPTIMAL, most desirable. |
| optimum | (Lat.) the best possibility. |
| outasite | amazing, excellent. |
| overfine | excessively fine. |
| pakka | (Hindi) genuine; first-class. |
| paragon | a model of perfection; (verb, arch.) to compare, match. |
| perfect | without flaw (verb) to make perfect |
| perfectly | (Adv.) PERFECT, without flaw. |
| perfectness | the state of being perfect. |
| perfet | (Milton) perfect. |
| phat | terrific, superb > PHATTER, PHATTEST. |
| phenom | someone or something phenomenally good. |
| primely | (Adv.) PRIME, in best condition. |
| prizeman | the winner of a prize. |
| prizewoman | a woman winning a prize. |
| pucka | (Hindi) genuine; first-class. |
| pukka | (Hindi) genuine; first-class. |
| ripsnorter | something extraordinary. |
| ripsnorting | fast and furious, like a ripsnorter > RIPSNORTINGLY. | schmick | (Aust. sl.) excellent, elegant. |
| scrumptious | delightful, delicious. |
| scrumptiously | (Adv.) SCRUMPTIOUS, delightful, delicious. |
| shagtastic | excellent, wonderful. |
| showstopper | a performer or performance that wins enthusiastic or prolonged applause. |
| sik | (Aust. sl.) excellent. |
| skookum | (Am. Ind.) first-rate, the best; (noun) an evil spirit. |
| smasheroo | (Coll.) a thing of superlative quality. |
| socko | strikingly impressive. |
| spiffily | (Adv.) SPIFFY, excellent. |
| spiffiness | the state of being spiffy. |
| spiffy | excellent (verb) to make SPIFFY |
| splendidious | (Obs.) splendid. |
| splendidous | (Obs.) splendid. |
| splendorous | full of splendour. |
| splendrous | full of splendour. |
| stormer | an outstanding example of its kind. |
| stunner | a very attractive person. |
| superb | magnificent. |
| superbad | exceptionally good. |
| superexcellent | excellent to a very high degree. |
| superfine | very fine, or most fine, as superfine cloth. |
| supergood | very good. |
| superior | of higher rank, quality, or authority than another (noun) one who is superior |
| superiorly | (Adv.) SUPERIOR, of higher rank, quality, or authority than another. |
| superman | a hypothetical superior man. |
| supermom | a very good mother. |
| supernacular | very good; first rate. |
| superpro | a superior professional. |
| superstar | an extremely popular and successful star of the cinema, popular music, etc. |
| superstud | an exceptionally virile male. |
| superwife | an exceptional wife who combines a career with running a home. |
| swell | a vague word of commendation (noun) a bulge, an increase; (verb) to increase in size ) SWOLN. |
| terrific | very good; fine. |
| tickettyboo | fine, satisfactory. |
| tiptop | the extreme top, the height of excellence. |
| topflight | superior, topnotch. |
| topnotch | first-rate. |
| toppingly | (Adv.) TOPPING, excellent. |
| triff | (Sl.) terrific, excellent. |
| triffic | (Sl.) terrific, excellent. |
| waly walie | (Scots) fine, excellent; (noun) a fine thing |
| welldoer | one who does well; one who does good to another. |
| whizzo | excellent, impressive. |
| wizard | excellent, impressive > WIZARDER, WIZARDEST. |
| wonderkid | (Coll.) an exceptionally successful young person. |
| wunner | something that is one of its kind. |
| yummo | (Aust. sl.) delicious. |