with distinction
Above the rest
With distinction describes achieving something at a notably high level, above ordinary success.
Most often applied to academic or military honors: She graduated with distinction, He served with distinction in the Navy.
The phrase signals formal recognition of excellence, not just completion.
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
- excellenceOutstanding quality or merit
- academic excellenceSuperior performance in studies
- cum laudeAcademic distinction phrase
- high honorsSuperior academic achievement designation
graduated · dean's list · merit · outstanding · decorated · gold star · acclaimed · notable · prestige · achievement · recognized · celebrated · valedictorian · summa · above and beyond · honors · stellar · remarkably
- Academic Honorscum laude, summa cum laude, dean's list, honor roll, valedictorian
- degree honorsthird class, honors degree, cum laude, magna cum laude, summa cum laude
- academic ranksprofessor, lecturer, full professor, assistant professor, associate professor
with distinctionwithout distinction
unremarkably · undistinguished · by the skin of one's teeth · on probation · disgracefully
with distinctionmediocrely
In an ordinary manner
ordinarily · averagely · indifferently · passably · adequately
with distinctionjust barely
by a hair · with great difficulty · narrowly · unimpressively · quietly
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