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| Main Entry: |
best
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | most excellent |
| Synonyms: | 10, A-1, ace, bad*, beyond compare, boss*, capital, champion, chief, choicest, cool*, culminating, finest, first, first-class, first-rate, foremost, greatest, highest, incomparable, inimitable, leading, matchless, nonpareil, number 1, optimum, out-of-sight, outstanding, paramount, peerless, perfect, preeminent, premium, prime, primo, principal, sans pareil, second to none, super, superlative, supreme, terrific, tops, tough, transcendent, unequaled, unparalleled, unrivaled, unsurpassed |
| Antonyms: | worst |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | best |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | most |
| Synonyms: | biggest, bulkiest, greatest, largest |
| Antonyms: | fewest, least |
| Main Entry: | best |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | most excellently |
| Synonyms: | advantageously, attractively, creditably, extremely, gloriously, greatly, honorably, illustriously, magnanimously, most deeply, most fortunately, most fully, most highly, sincerely |
| Antonyms: | worst |
Example Sentences
- The best way to learn what a successful last page piece is, and how it works, is to study several of them.
- Collective bargaining is a good strategy when looking to get the best price on a given product or service.
- And there's been decades of research on that for what sorts of messages, what sorts of appeals, seem to work the best.
| Main Entry: | best |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | most outstanding thing in class |
| Synonyms: | choice, cream, cream of the crop, elite, fat, favorite, finest, first, flower, gem, model, nonpareil, paragon, pick, prime, prize, select, top |
| Antonyms: | worst |
| Main Entry: | best |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | highest personal effort |
| Synonyms: | Sunday best, all one's got, best shot, hardest, highest endeavor, level best, utmost |
| Main Entry: | best |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat; gain advantage |
| Synonyms: | KO, beat, beat up, better, blank*, blast*, bulldoze, clobber, conquer, cream*, deck, drub, exceed, excel, flax, floor*, get the better of, knock off, lambaste, let have it, lick*, master, outclass, outdo, outshine, outstrip, overcome, prevail, put away, shoot down, shut down, surpass, take care of, take down, tan*, thrash*, top, total, transcend, trash*, triumph, triumph over, trounce, wallop, waste*, wax, whip*, whomp, whop, wipe out, wipe the floor with, wipe, zap |
| Antonyms: | give up, lose, relent, surrender |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | good |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pleasant, fine |
| Synonyms: | acceptable, ace*, admirable, agreeable, bad, boss*, bully, capital, choice, commendable, congenial, crack*, deluxe, excellent, exceptional, favorable, first-class, first-rate, gnarly, gratifying, great, honorable, marvelous, neat*, nice, pleasing, positive, precious, prime, rad, recherché, reputable, satisfactory, satisfying, select, shipshape, sound, spanking, splendid, sterling, stupendous, super, super-eminent, super-excellent, superb, superior, tip-top, up to snuff, valuable, welcome, wonderful, worthy |
| Notes: | using good as an adverb in place of well ("she dances real good," "he did good") is nonstandard usage - so, it would be best to say "she dances very well," "he did well" well is an adverb to describe an activity; good is an adjective to describe a condition or state |
| Antonyms: | bad, detestable, disagreeable, unpleasant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | good |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | moral, virtuous |
| Synonyms: | admirable, blameless, charitable, dutiful, estimable, ethical, exemplary, guiltless, honest, honorable, incorrupt, inculpable, innocent, irreprehensible, irreproachable, lily-white, obedient, praiseworthy, pure, reputable, respectable, right, righteous, sound, tractable, uncorrupted, untainted, upright, well-behaved, worthy |
| Antonyms: | evil, immoral, noxious, sinful, unvirtuous, vile, wicked |
| Main Entry: | good |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | competent, skilled |
| Synonyms: | able, accomplished, adept, adroit, au fait, capable, clever, dexterous, efficient, expert, first-rate, proficient, proper, qualified, reliable, satisfactory, serviceable, skillful, suitable, suited, talented, thorough, trustworthy, useful |
| Antonyms: | incompetent, unskilled, unsuitable |
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