standout

or stand-out

[ stand-out ]
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noun
  1. something or someone, as a person, performance, etc., remarkably superior to others: Evans was a standout in the mixed doubles.

  2. someone who is conspicuous in an area because of refusal to conform with the actions, opinions, desires, etc., of the majority.

adjective
  1. outstanding; superior.

Origin of standout

1
First recorded in 1895–1900 for the noun; adjective use of verb phrase stand out

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How to use standout in a sentence

  • The fjord below lay as smooth as a mirror, the outermost headlands and islands seeming to stand out of the water.

    Skipper Worse | Alexander Lange Kielland
  • Take a flat surface of clay and see if you can model a reindeer so that it will stand out a little from the surface.

    The Later Cave-Men | Katharine Elizabeth Dopp
  • Modesty is to merit what shade is to figures in a picture; it gives it strength and makes it stand out.

  • The muscles would stand out in her cheeks, the perspiration start upon her forehead.

    Love's Pilgrimage | Upton Sinclair
  • But it was carried against the Company, though they stand out against the verdict.

British Dictionary definitions for stand out

stand out

verb(intr, adverb)
  1. to be distinctive or conspicuous

  2. to refuse to agree, consent, or comply: they stood out for a better price

  1. to protrude or project

  2. to navigate a vessel away from a port, harbour, anchorage, etc

nounstandout
  1. informal

    • a person or thing that is distinctive or outstanding

    • (as modifier): the standout track from the album

  2. a person who refuses to agree or consent

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Other Idioms and Phrases with standout

standout

Protrude, project, as in Those reliefs stand out from the building walls. [First half of 1500s]

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