Best Synonyms and Antonyms
bĕst
Applied especially to things
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
- choice
- better
- optimal
- optimum
- superlative
- unsurpassed
- good
- premium
- consummate
- crowning
- elite
- first-rate
- foremost
- grand
- highest-quality
- incomparable
- nonpareil
- nulli secundus
- panglossian
- paramount
- par-excellence
- peerless
- preeminent
- top-of-the-line
- prime
- richest
- supereminent
- superior
- superordinary
- unmatchable
- superordinate
- supreme
- tops
- ultimate
- utmost
- nearest
- dearest
Applied especially to people
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
- of the elite
- belonging to the upper classes
- socially preferred
- aristocratic; see cultured
- distinguishedcultured
- distinguished
- aristocratic
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The superlative or most preferable part of something
(Noun)
Synonyms:
- choice
- cream
- elite
- flower
- pick
- top
- tops
- first
- favorite
- finest
- prime
- crème de la crème (French)
- utmost
- salt-of-the-earth
- pick of the crop
- cream-of-the-crop
- crème de la crème (French)
- favorable
- crème de la crème
- fortunate
- advantageous
- skillfully
- chosen
- ably
- capably
- as well as one can
- at-most
- under the most favorable conditions
- under the most favorable circumstances
- according to the most favorable interpretation
- topper
- at the outside
- well
- in one's prime
- at the top of one's form
- in one's best mood
- outdo
- overcome
- highlight
- defeat
- outwit
- tolerate
- get by
- manage
- ne-plus-ultra
- make-do
- prize
- excellently
- preeminence
- ultimacy
- vintage
Antonyms:
Generally excellent
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
- choicest
- finest
- greatest
- soundest
- highest
- first
- transcendent
- prime
- premium
- supreme
- optimum
- incomparable
- culminating
- preeminent
- leading
- crowning
- sans pareil (French)
- paramount
- matchless
- nonpareil
- unrivaled
- unparalleled
- unsurpassed
- second-to-none
- in a class by itself
- nonesuch
- unequaled
- unexcelled
- inimitable
- beyond compare
- superlative
- foremost
- peerless
- champion
- top
- prize
- most desirable
- most suitable
- most favorable
- most advantageous
- most outstanding
- tip-top
To be greater or better than
(Verb)
Synonyms:
Financially sound
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
Having or marked by uprightness in principle and action
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
Thorough
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
Moral, virtuous
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
Honorable
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
Proper
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
Canadian physiologist (born in the United States) who assisted F. G. Banting in research leading to the discovery of insulin (1899-1978)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
- C. H. Best
- charles herbert best
From a position of superiority or authority
(Adverb)
Synonyms:
Most excellently
(Adverb)
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