Meanings
comparative more transcendent · superlative most transcendent
- Surpassing usual limits.
"One shot. Wars can't be won with just one... oh. Oh my. You utterly transcendent idiots should not have put a transponder there."
2020 June 13, Howard Tayler, Schlock Mercenary, archived from the original on 27 Jan 20241 more example
In sculpture and in the drama, in Aristophanic farce and in hieratic rituals, in pictorial art and in the stream of literature, the phallus is transcendent.
1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page iii - Supreme in excellence.
Both stood silent, gazing on each other; Walter was actually lost in admiration of Lady Marchmont's transcendent beauty.
1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Letters Restored”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 218 - Beyond the range of usual perception.
plural transcendents
- That which surpasses or is supereminent; something excellent.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveexceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in excellence
adjectivebeyond and outside the ordinary range of human experience or understanding
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latintrānscendēns
- Englishtranscendent
From transcend + -ent, or borrowed from Latin trānscendēns.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Esperanto transcenda
- transcendafree from constraints of the material world
Irish tarchéimnitheach
- tarchéimnitheachfree from constraints of the material world
Japanese 超越的
- 超越的 (chouetsuteki)free from constraints of the material world
Cite this entry
transcendent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transcendent
“transcendent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transcendent. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “transcendent,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transcendent.
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