DictionarybannerExceptional success
adjective

banner

Outstanding or exceptionally successful.

The bakery has a banner year.

Etymology

A banner served as a conspicuous emblem of a group or its achievements. The adjective uses that association with distinction: a banner year is one marked out for exceptional success.

More examples

  • It was a banner season for the team.
  • The company celebrated a banner month of sales.
  • She called it a banner day for the museum.

Forms

banner

Similar words

outstanding
Exceptionally good.
record-setting
Surpassing a previous best, a stronger specific claim.