Synonyms for outstanding
ˌaʊtˈstæn dɪŋout·stand·ing

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1. outstanding

   Synonyms:
   unappropriated, uncollected, ungathered

   Antonyms:
   appropriated, collected, gathered

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1. outstandingadjective

   distinguished from others in excellence

   "did outstanding work in human relations"; "an outstanding war record"

   Synonyms:
   salient, prominent, spectacular, owing(p), great, undischarged, striking

   Antonyms:
   unimportant, invisible, inconspicuous, inferior, paid

2. outstanding, prominent, salient, spectacular, strikingadjective

   having a quality that thrusts itself into attention

   "an outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own freedom"; "a new theory is the most prominent feature of the book"; "salient traits"; "a spectacular rise in prices"; "a striking thing about Picadilly Circus is the statue of Eros in the center"; "a striking resemblance between parent and child"

   Synonyms:
   salient(ip), large, striking, prominent, owing(p), dramatic, spectacular, great, salient, undischarged, big

   Antonyms:
   inconspicuous, paid, invisible, unimportant, inferior

3. outstanding, owing(p), undischargedadjective

   owed as a debt

   "outstanding bills"; "the amount still owed"; "undischarged debts"

   Antonyms:
   inferior, unimportant, invisible, paid, inconspicuous

4. great, outstandingadjective

   of major significance or importance

   "a great work of art"; "Einstein was one of the outstanding figures of the 20th centurey"

   Synonyms:
   slap-up, gravid, majuscule, cracking, neat, capital, great(p), owing(p), enceinte, swell, spectacular, expectant, heavy(p), keen, nifty, with child(p), bang-up, smashing, prominent, not bad(p), corking, groovy, striking, salient, big(p), undischarged, large(p), bully, dandy, peachy, great

   Antonyms:
   unimportant, invisible, paid, inferior, inconspicuous

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1. eminent

   better than somebody

   the outstanding paneer pizza made of pizza sauce red sauce cheese mayo

   Submitted by asimahmed on April 3, 2020  

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1. outstandingadjective

   Synonyms:
   unsettled, unpaid, owing, due

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1. List of paraphrases for "outstanding":

   pending, unresolved, exceptional, unpaid, remarkable, excellent, prominent, remaining, distinguished, unsolved, extraordinary, unliquidated, eminent, overdue, notable, salient, unfinished, unsettled, brilliant, conspicuous, unique, superb, defaulted, splendid, non-duty-paid, open, impressive, noteworthy, wonderful, illustrious

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How to use outstanding in a sentence?

1. Bernard Aw:

   The margin rollover will likely help reduce the pace of margin calls, and also cushion the decline of outstanding margin debt.

2. Alien Life -RSB- Raymond:

   Biological soil crusts are an outstanding example of nature coping with a really challenging set of environmental conditions, we're pushing as close as we can to extreme environments on other planets.

3. Chief James Craig:

   Our officer out of the academy just six months performed in an outstanding manner.

4. Gareth Southgate:

   Bizarre game really, poor errors for the goals but really pleased with the composure we showed to come back from the early mistake with some devastating attacking play, the mistakes were obvious, the errors, we have to be better. The players don't really need me to tell them that. We have mentioned it. The outstanding part of our play was obvious and the errors were obvious too.

5. Eric Trump:

   Together this outstanding group of advisors, led by Vice President-elect Mike Pence, will build on the initial work done under the leadership of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie to help prepare a transformative government ready to lead from day one, the mission of our team will be clear: put together the most highly qualified group of successful leaders who will be able to implement our change agenda in Washington.