deserving respect and praise

held in great respect

most superior in quality (of a group)

most excellent

an act of choosing

best, superior

very good; of the highest quality

superior, wonderful

(of a performance, performer, new design etc) wonderful; excellent

amazing, wonderful

most notable

first in rank, order

deserving to be remembered because special

noteworthy, significant

(attracting attention because) better than others; (of problems, work, payment etc) still to be attended to

superior, excellent

of the highest degree or quality; a form of an adjective or adverb expressing the highest degree (usually made by adding '-est' or with 'most'), such as 'happiest', 'longest', 'worst', 'most likely'

excellent, first-class

deserving something; deserving respect

honorable, respectable