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best

[best] / bɛst /
ADJECTIVE
most excellent
Synonyms
STRONGEST
finest first first-rate leading outstanding perfect terrific
STRONG
10 ace baddest boss capital champion chief cool culminating nonpareil optimum premium prime primo principal super superlative tops
WEAK
A-1 beyond compare choicest first-class foremost greatest highest incomparable inimitable matchless number 1 out-of-sight paramount peerless preeminent sans pareil second to none supreme transcendent unequaled unparalleled unrivaled unsurpassed
Antonyms
STRONGEST
inferior poor
STRONG
least minor poorest secondary unimportant worst
WEAK
incorrect not right
ADJECTIVE
correct, right
Synonyms
STRONG
preferred
WEAK
advantageous apt desirable golden most desirable most fitting presentable
Antonyms
WEAK
incorrect not right worst
ADJECTIVE
most
Synonyms
WEAK
biggest bulkiest greatest largest
Antonyms
WEAK
fewest least worst
ADVERB
most excellently
Synonyms
STRONG
advantageously
WEAK
attractively creditably extremely gloriously greatly honorably illustriously magnanimously most deeply most fortunately most fully most highly sincerely
Antonyms
WEAK
worst
NOUN
most outstanding thing in class
Synonyms
STRONGEST
choice favorite
STRONG
cream elite fat first flower gem model nonpareil paragon pick prime prize select top
WEAK
cream of the crop finest
Antonyms
STRONG
worst
NOUN
highest personal effort
Synonyms
STRONG
utmost
WEAK
Sunday best all one's got best shot hardest highest endeavor level best
Antonyms
WEAK
worst
VERB
defeat; gain advantage
Synonyms
STRONGEST
beat blank conquer outclass outdo outshine overcome surpass take care of trounce
STRONG
KO better blast bulldoze clobber cream deck drub exceed excel flax floor get the better of lambaste lick master outstrip prevail tan thrash top total transcend trash triumph wallop wax whip whomp whop wipe
WEAK
beat up knock off let have it put away shoot down shut down take down triumph over waste wipe out wipe the floor with zap
Antonyms
STRONGEST
fail forfeit lose retreat surrender yield
STRONG
be inferior fall behind uphold
WEAK
give up relent

Example Sentences

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No one is going to say it’s our best idea, probably not even Musk.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

Competition to invest in the best talent is intense, and that talent is increasingly younger.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

"We question everything. We may never know exactly how we began, but we can try our best to understand how things might have occurred."

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

Melvin Edwards, a sculptor best known for abstract steel works that illustrated the history and resistance of African Americans, died March 30 at his Baltimore home.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

I looped it quickly, whirled it around and around my head, and then threw it out as best I could, but the end of it fell short.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.