best

best [adj1] most excellent 10*, A-1*, ace, bad*, beyond compare, boss*, capital, champion, chief, choicest, cool*, culminating, finest, first, first-class, first-rate, foremost, greatest, highest, incomparable, inimitable, leading, matchless, nonpareil, number 1*, optimum, out-of-sight*, outstanding, paramount, peerless, perfect, preeminent, premium, prime, primo*, principal, sans pareil, second to none, super, superlative, supreme, terrific, tops, tough, transcendent, unequaled, unparalleled, unrivaled, unsurpassed; concepts 568,572 —Ant. worst best [adj2] correct, right advantageous, apt, desirable, golden, most desirable, most fitting, preferred, presentable; concept 558 —Ant. incorrect, not right best [adj3] most biggest, bulkiest, greatest, largest; concept 771 —Ant. fewest, least best [adv] most excellently advantageously, attractively, creditably, extremely, gloriously, greatly, honorably, illustriously, magnanimously, most deeply, most fortunately, most fully, most highly, sincerely; concepts 568,572 —Ant. worst best [n1] most outstanding thing in class choice, cream, cream of the crop*, elite, fat, favorite, finest, first, flower, gem, model, nonpareil, paragon, pick, prime, prize, select, top; concept 668 —Ant. worst best [n2] highest personal effort all one’s got, best shot, hardest, highest endeavor, level best*, Sunday best*, utmost; concept 411 best [v] defeat; gain advantage beat, beat up*, better, blank*, blast*, bulldoze*, clobber*, conquer, cream*, deck*, drub*, exceed, excel, flax*, floor*, get the better of, knock off*, KO*, lambaste, let have it*, lick*, master, outclass, outdo, outshine, outstrip, overcome, prevail, put away, shoot down*, shut down*, surpass, take care of, take down*, tan*, thrash*, top, total, transcend, trash*, triumph, triumph over, trounce, wallop, waste*, wax*, whip*, whomp*, whop*, wipe*, wipe out, wipe the floor with*, zap*; concept 95 —Ant. give up, lose, relent, surrender