| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | best, most important; highest |
| Synonyms: | apical, capital, chief, crack, crowning, culminating, dominant, elite, excellent, fine, finest, first, first-class, first-rate, five-star, foremost, greatest, head, lead, leading, loftiest, maximal, maximum, outside, paramount, preeminent, primary, prime, principal, ruling, sovereign, superior, supreme, tiptop, top-drawer, top-notch, topmost, upper, uppermost |
| Antonyms: | least, low, lower, lowest, second-rate, unimportant |
| Main Entry: | answer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reply; reaction |
| Synonyms: | acknowledgment, antiphon, back talk, backcap, band-aid, close, comeback, comment, cooler, counterclaim, crack, defense, disclosure, echo, elucidation, explanation, feedback, guff, interpretation, justification, key, lip, observation, parting shot, pay dirt, plea, quick fix, rebuttal, refutation, rejoinder, remark, repartee, report, resolution, response, result, retort, return, rhetorical question, riposte, sign, solution, statement, thank-you note, the ticket, topper, vindication, wisecrack |
| Notes: | an answer is something said, written, or done in return; a reply is an answer that satisfies a detail in a question |
| Antonyms: | question |
| Main Entry: | hat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | covering for the head |
| Synonyms: | Panama, Stetson, boater, bonnet, bowler, bucket, chapeau, fedora, headgear, headpiece, helmet, lid, millinery, sailor*, skimmer, sombrero, stove pipe, straw, tam, tam o'shanter, ten-gallon, topper |
| Main Entry: | retort |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | snappy answer |
| Synonyms: | antiphon, back answer, back talk, comeback, cooler, counter, crack*, gag, jape, jest, joke, lip, parting shot, quip, rejoinder, repartee, reply, reprisal, respond, response, retaliation, return, revenge, riposte, sally, snappy comeback, topper, wisecrack, witticism |
| Notes: | rejoin implies a sharp answer, but retort suggests the addition of criticism or an explicit charge |
| Antonyms: | question, request |
| Main Entry: | zenith |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | top |
| Synonyms: | acme, altitude, apex, apogee, cap, capper, capstone, climax, crest, crown, culmination, elevation, eminence, height, high noon, high point, meridian, payoff, peak, pinnacle, roof, summit, tiptop, topper, vertex |
| Notes: | zenith derived from Arabic samt ar-ras 'the way or road above one's head'; zenith technically is the point directly above the observer and nadir is the point directly below |
| Antonyms: | bottom, nadir |
| Main Entry: | opera hat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | top hat |
| Synonyms: | silk hat, stovepipe hat, topper |
| Main Entry: | top hat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | formal hat |
| Synonyms: | high hat, silk hat, stovepipe hat, topper |
| Main Entry: | arch |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | principal, superior |
| Synonyms: | accomplished, champion, chief, consummate, expert, finished, first, foremost, greatest, head, highest, leading, main, major, master, preeminent, premier, primary, top |
| Antonyms: | inferior |
| Main Entry: | boss |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | great |
| Synonyms: | awesome*, bang-up, capital, champion, excellent, fine, first-rate, fly*, top, whiz-bang, wonderful |