standout

Deverbal from stand out.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈstændaʊt/

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standout (not comparable)

1. Exceptional; noteworthy.

   The band played well, but the acrobats gave the standout performance.

   • 2021 January 27, Paul Stephen, “Inspiration to the next generation”, in RAIL, number 923, page 48:

     Despite the quality of entries being high in this year's OPC category, she is a standout winner for all the judges.

   • 2025 June 8, Jonathan Jurejko, “Alcaraz stuns Sinner in extraordinary French Open final”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     Sinner has emerged as the standout player on the ATP Tour over the past 18 months, with a machine-like brand of tennis reminiscent of 24-time major champion Novak Djokovic in his prime.

• outstanding

standout (plural standouts)

1. An exceptional or noteworthy person or thing.

   This building is one of the city's architectural standouts.

   • 2000, George B. Kirsch et al., “Chamberlain, Wilton”, in Encyclopedia of Ethnicity and Sports in the United States‎^[2], →ISBN, page 97:

     An all-around superlative athlete, he was also a standout in track and field […] .

2. The distance a self-retracting metal tape measure can be extended before collapsing under its own weight.

   This tape measure has a standout of 14 feet.

• stand
• stand out

• “standout”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

• outstand