transcendental

Meaning

Adj

1. Concerned with the a priori or intuitive basis of knowledge, independent of experience.
2. Superior; surpassing all others; extraordinary; transcendent.
3. Mystical or supernatural.
4. Not algebraic (i.e., not the root of any polynomial that has positive degree and rational coefficients).
5. That contains elements that are not algebraic.

Noun

1. (obsolete) A transcendentalist.
2. (Christian, plural-normally) Any one of the three transcendental properties of being: truth, beauty or goodness, which respectively are the ideals of science, art and religion and the principal subjects of the study of logic, aesthetics and ethics.

Synonyms

supernatural

superior

transcendent

preternatural

supreme

otherworldly

nonnatural

major

metaphysical

mystical

occult

pre-eminent

spiritual

superfine

surpassing

tiptop

transcendency

uncommon

unearthly

unusual

world-shaking

supereminent

kingdom come

abstract

moliminous

aloof

detached

excellent

fateful

full-bodied

hereafter

Translations

trascendental

trascendentale

υπερβατικός

transcendantal

metaphysisch

üstün

faik

transcendentaal

übersinnlich

transzendental

transcendental

υπερφυσικός

υπερέξοχος

neutral

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌtɹænsɛnˈdɛntəl/