primest

ADJECTIVE

best, principal

Synonyms

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capital cardinal chief crackerjack dominant excellent fab first first-class greatest heavy highest hot leading main number one paramount primo state-of-the-art stellar top top-of-the-line tough world-class

Antonyms

WEAK

auxiliary final inferior latest least minor second-rate secondary subordinate supplemental worst

ADJECTIVE

earliest

Synonyms

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aboriginal beginning direct first firsthand immediate initial original pioneer primal primeval primitive primordial pristine

Antonyms

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auxiliary final inferior latest least minor second-rate secondary subordinate supplemental worst

ADJECTIVE

basic, fundamental

Synonyms

WEAK

basal beginning bottom central elemental elementary essential first foundational introductory meat-and-potatoes original primitive principal radical rudimentary simple three R's ultimate underivative underived underlying

Antonyms

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auxiliary final inferior latest least minor second-rate secondary subordinate supplemental worst

Example Sentences

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Give Team Rubio this: He went in the primest of the prime time and got his whole speech in uninterrupted.

From US News • Feb. 2, 2016

The new owners will be basically buying the land, paying more than 100 times what Mr. Doughan did, for one of the primest parcels in Montauk Shores.

From New York Times • Aug. 25, 2014

On Friday, Feb. 9, ABC will lavish two of its primest hours on a high-velocity history of rock 'n' roll from way back then to right now.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now that Ferdinand Pecora and the Senate Committee on Banking & Currency are occupied with other things than Wall Street, First Boston's figures are the primest clue to banking house profits.

From Time Magazine Archive

However, to do him justice, the poor old soul is hospitality itself, and treats his guests, not only to the best food, drink, and fiddling in his power, but also to all his primest anecdotes.

From Nancy by Broughton, Rhoda