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of the first water
adjective as in first-rate
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- A number one
- A-1
- accomplished
- ace
- bang-up
- banner
- best
- best quality
- blue-ribbon
- capital
- champion
- choice
- choicest
- exemplary
- exquisite
- fine
- finest
- first-class
- great
- highest quality
- incomparable
- magnificent
- meritorious
- of the highest type
- peerless
- premium
- prime
- quality
- select
- skillful
- splendid
- sterling
- striking
- super
- superior
- superlative
- supreme
- terrific
- tiptop
- top
- top-drawer
- top-flight
- top-notch
- top-of-the-line
- world-class
Example Sentences
“When it comes to ‘coercion,’ the coercer of the first water is the United States,” it said.
The small park has not only adapted to recent technologies but paved the way, like with the addition of one of the first water coaster hybrids in the world.
This was manifestly a prig of the first water, and there was no use arguing with him.
Though Whistledown calls Daphne “a diamond of the first water,” it is here that our cynical narrator reminds us that “the brighter a lady shines, the faster she may burn.”
Song: “Thank U, Next,” originally by Ariana Grande, cover version by Vitamin String Quartet When it plays: Grande’s ode to her past relationships is heard in the pilot episode, “Diamond of the First Water,” as London’s eligible debutantes arrive for a ball at Danbury House.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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