Words / B2

ri-MAHK-uh-bl/rɪˈmɑːkəbl/

Remarkable means striking and worth noticing: a remarkable improvement; remarkable restraint. A remark is a comment; remarkable is the adjective. Amazing is informal; notable is close. A remarkable improvement still needs a control. Do not call a tiny bump remarkable in a results table.

Meaning

Unusual or surprising in a way that is worth noticing.

Examples

• “A remarkable improvement still needs a control group, the methods tutor said.”
• “The recovery after the operation was remarkable, the consultant said.”
• “The restraint in the editorial was remarkable, which is the tone sense.”

Good to know

remarkable + noun; remarkably. Informal: amazing. Close: notable. Methods and reviews. Worth comment, not merely “quite good”.

Near in meaning

notable

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