Antonyms for transcendent


Grammar : Adj
Spell : tran-sen-duh nt
Phonetic Transcription : trænˈsɛn dənt


Definition of transcendent

Origin :
  • mid-15c., from Latin transcendentem, present participle of transcendere (see transcend).
  • adj extraordinary
Example sentences :
  • But, after all, I hope I shall be enabled to be honest to a merit so transcendent.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • Our town, as may be imagined, buzzed with transcendent gossip on the morrow.
  • Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Also he sometimes supposes that God is immanent in the world, sometimes that he is transcendent.
  • Extract from : « Timaeus » by Plato
  • Society is sure to slander a woman of transcendent beauty and intellect.
  • Extract from : « An Outcast » by F. Colburn Adams
  • This is one of the transcendent issues involved in this contest.
  • Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 » by Various
  • Transcendent must he be, rising above all limits, even the limit of life and death.
  • Extract from : « Homer's Odyssey » by Denton J. Snider
  • What's the good of that, when one is not a transcendent genius, destined for posterity?
  • Extract from : « A Pessimist » by Robert Timsol
  • The poorest of it is not without some flavor of life, and at its best it is transcendent.
  • Extract from : « The Bibliotaph » by Leon H. Vincent
  • There is a possibility of imitating Him in the most transcendent of His acts.
  • Extract from : « Expositions of Holy Scripture » by Alexander Maclaren
  • Her child, her child, the one transcendent, gripping theme of joy and fear.
  • Extract from : « Jennie Gerhardt » by Theodore Dreiser

Synonyms for transcendent

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