adjective. Surpassing others; preeminent or supreme.

adjective. Lying beyond the ordinary range of perception.

adjective. undefined

adjective. Transcending the Aristotelian categories.

adjective. In Kant's theory of knowledge, being beyond the limits of experience and hence unknowable.

adjective. Being above and independent of the material universe. Used of the Deity.

In mathematics, indefinable by any combination of a finite number of equations with rational integral coefficients.

Surpassing; excelling; superior or supreme; extraordinary: as, transcendent worth.

In scholastic philos., not included under one of the ten categories; higher than the categories.

In Kantian philosophy, transcending experience; unrealizable in experience; not an object of possible experience.

Transcending the universe of matter; not essentially connected with the universe; not cosmic: as, a transcendent deity.

SynonymsPreëminent, surpassing, supereminent, unequaled, unparalleled, unrivaled, peerless.

noun. That which surpasses or excels; anything greatly superior or supereminent.

noun. In metaphysics: A reality above the categories or predicaments.

noun. That which is altogether beyond the bounds of human cognition and thought. Compare I., 3.

noun. In mathematics, a transcendental expression or function.

noun. That which surpasses or is supereminent; that which is very excellent.

adjective. Very excellent; superior or supreme in excellence; surpassing others.

adjective. Transcending, or reaching beyond, the limits of human knowledge; -- applied to affirmations and speculations concerning what lies beyond the reach of the human intellect.

adjective. surpassing usual limits

adjective. beyond the range of usual perception

adjective. free from constraints of the material world

noun. That which surpasses or is supereminent; something excellent.

adjective. exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in excellence

adjective. beyond and outside the ordinary range of human experience or understanding

"Also talking about what he thinks is his best quality, which is his leadership, his experience on national security, and what he calls the transcendent issue that e wants voters to look to him for, and that is the war in Iraq and national security."

transcendent judgment  

superior  unknowable  

transcendence  transcendency  transcendental  transcendently  transcendology  

ascendant  attendant  defendant  dependent  descendant  

celestial  consummate  ethical  exalt  incomparable  

Christlike  Christly  a cut above  above  absolute