remarkable

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UK/ɹɪˈmɑː.kə.bl̩/US/ɹɪˈmɑɹ.kə.bl̩/

adjective

Worthy of remark; notable; interesting.

“Her remarkable skill in mathematics is better than everyone else's in the class.”

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Meanings

adjectiveremarkable (comparative more remarkable, superlative most remarkable)

comparative more remarkable · superlative most remarkable

  1. Worthy of remark; notable; interesting.

    Her remarkable skill in mathematics is better than everyone else's in the class.

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    There is one argument commonly employ’d for the immateriality of the soul, which seems to me remarkable.

    1739, David Hume, Treatise of Human Nature/Book 1: Of the understanding/Part IV

    [Owner]: No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'! Remarkable bird, the Norwegian Blue, idn'it, ay? Beautiful plumage! [Mr. Praline]: The plumage don't enter into it. It's stone dead.

    1969, Monty Python, “Monty Python’s Flying Circus”, in Dead Parrot sketch

    Sylsalto is a standard hydrogen-helium gas giant. It has no remarkable features.

    2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Sylsalto

    With such constant off-field turmoil Hughton’s work has been remarkable and this may have been his last game in charge. West Bromwich Albion, searching for a replacement for Roy Hodgson, are firm admirers.

    2012 May 9, John Percy, “Birmingham City 2 Blackpool 2 (2-3 on agg): match report”, in the Telegraph

    Synonyms: commentworthy, eminent, extraordinary, markworthy, notable, noteworthy, noticeable, observable · Antonyms: unremarkable

Synonyms & antonyms

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveunusual or striking

adjectiveworthy of attention

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Frenchremarquable
  2. Englishremarkable

From remark + -able, from French remarquable.

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Translations

Arabic لافت للنظر
  • لافت للنظرworthy of being remarked
Bengali অলৌকিক
  • অলৌকিক (olōukik)worthy of being remarked
Bulgarian забележителен
  • забележителен (zabeležitelen)worthy of being remarked
Catalan remarcable
  • remarcableworthy of being remarked
Chinese Mandarin 傑出 /杰出
  • 傑出 /杰出 (jiéchū)worthy of being remarked
Czech pozoruhodný
  • pozoruhodnýworthy of being remarked
Danish bemærkelsesværdig
  • bemærkelsesværdigworthy of being remarked
Dutch opmerkelijk, markant
  • opmerkelijkworthy of being remarked
  • markantworthy of being remarked
  • opvallendworthy of being remarked
Finnish huomattava, merkittävä
  • huomattavaworthy of being remarked
  • merkittäväworthy of being remarked
  • huomionarvoinenworthy of being remarked
French remarquable
  • remarquableworthy of being remarked
German bemerkenswert, verwunderlich
  • bemerkenswertworthy of being remarked
  • verwunderlichworthy of being remarked
  • denkwürdigworthy of being remarked
  • beachtenswertworthy of being remarked
  • beachtlichworthy of being remarked
Hungarian figyelemre méltó
  • figyelemre méltóworthy of being remarked
Irish ar leith
  • ar leithworthy of being remarked
Italian notevole, degno di nota
  • notevoleworthy of being remarked
  • degno di notaworthy of being remarked
  • rimarchevoleworthy of being remarked
  • ragguardevoleworthy of being remarked
  • riguardevoleworthy of being remarked
Latin insignis, memorābilis
  • insignisworthy of being remarked
  • memorābilisworthy of being remarked
Latvian redzams, ievērojams
  • redzamsworthy of being remarked
  • ievērojamsworthy of being remarked
Polish wybitny
  • wybitnyworthy of being remarked
Portuguese notável, eminente
  • notávelworthy of being remarked
  • eminenteworthy of being remarked
  • destacávelworthy of being remarked
Romanian remarcabil, notabil
  • remarcabilworthy of being remarked
  • notabilworthy of being remarked
Russian замеча́тельный, выдаю́щийся
  • замеча́тельный (zamečátelʹnyj)worthy of being remarked
  • выдаю́щийся (vydajúščijsja)worthy of being remarked
  • порази́тельный (porazítelʹnyj)worthy of being remarked
  • знамени́тый (znamenítyj)worthy of being remarked
Spanish remarcable, destacable
  • remarcableworthy of being remarked
  • destacableworthy of being remarked
  • prócerworthy of being remarked
Swedish anmärkningsvärd, märklig
  • anmärkningsvärdworthy of being remarked
  • märkligworthy of being remarked
Turkish dikkate değer, fevkalade
  • dikkate değerworthy of being remarked
  • fevkaladeworthy of being remarked
  • kayda değerworthy of being remarked
Ukrainian вида́тний
  • вида́тний (vydátnyj)worthy of being remarked

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APA

remarkable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/remarkable

MLA

“remarkable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/remarkable. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “remarkable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/remarkable.

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