at the top

ADJECTIVE

successful

Synonyms

STRONGEST

fortunate fruitful happy lucky lucrative outstanding prosperous rewarding strong wealthy

WEAK

acknowledged advantageous ahead of the game at top of ladder auspicious bestselling blooming blossoming booming champion crowned efficacious extraordinary flourishing fortuitous moneymaking notable noteworthy on track out in front paying rolling thriving top triumphant unbeaten undefeated victorious

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bad hopeless poor sad unfortunate unhappy unlucky unsuccessful

WEAK

forfeiting losing unfavorable unprofitable

PREPOSITION

Synonyms

WEAK

at the apex of at the summit

Antonyms

WEAK

down

Example Sentences

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It shuts off the valve at the top of the stream and opens a valve at the bottom to completely drain the standing water out of the pipe.

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026

"Now that those lower glaciers have completely vanished into a desert of dry rock, there is nothing left at the top to melt," he says.

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026

You climb and climb, you’re at the top of the mountain.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2026

Indian has never come close to challenging Harley’s place at the top of the market.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

I trace my finger over the words at the top.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

at the top

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