transcendent

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/tɹæn(t)ˈsɛndənt/

adjective

Surpassing usual limits.

Less commonScrabble 15

Meanings

adjectivetranscendent (comparative more transcendent, superlative most transcendent)

comparative more transcendent · superlative most transcendent

  1. 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 2024
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    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
  2. 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
  3. Free from constraints of the material world.
nountranscendent (plural transcendents)

plural transcendents

  1. 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

Similar

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latintrānscendēns
  2. Englishtranscendent

From transcend + -ent, or borrowed from Latin trānscendēns.

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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
APA

transcendent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transcendent

MLA

“transcendent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transcendent. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “transcendent,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transcendent.

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