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best

best/
adjective
adjective: best
1. 1.
of the most excellent, effective, or desirable type or quality.
"the best pitcher in the league"
finest, greatest, top, foremost, leading, preeminent, premier,
prime, first, chief, principal, supreme, of the highest quality,
superlative, par excellence, unrivaled, second to none, without
equal, nonpareil, unsurpassed, peerless, matchless,
unparalleled, unbeaten, unbeatable, optimum, optimal,
synonyms:
ultimate, incomparable, ideal, perfect; More
highest, record-breaking;
informalstar, number-one, a cut above the rest, top-drawer, the
Cadillac of, the Rolls-Royce of
"the best hotel in Rhode Island"
antonyms: worst
o

most enjoyable.
"some of the best times of my life"

most appropriate, advantageous, or well advised.


"do whatever you think best"
most advantageous, most useful, most suitable, most
fitting, most appropriate; More
synonyms:
most prudent, most sensible, most advisable
"do whatever you think best"

adverb
1. 1.
superlative of well1.
o

to the highest degree; most.

adverb: best
"the one we liked best"
most, to the highest/greatest degree
"the food he liked best"
antonyms: least
synonyms:

most excellently or effectively.


"the best-dressed man in Hollywood"
to the highest standard, in the best way
"the best-dressed man"
antonyms: worst
synonyms:

most suitably, appropriately, or usefully.


"this is best done at home"
most advantageously, most usefully, most suitably,
most fittingly, most appropriately; More
most sensibly, most prudently, most wisely;
synonyms: better
"this is best done at home"
ought to, should
"you had best look elsewhere"

noun
noun: best
1. 1.
that which is the most excellent, outstanding, or desirable.
"buy the best you can afford"
finest, choicest, top, cream, choice, prime, elite, crme de la
crme, flower, jewel in the crown, nonpareil; More
synonyms:
informaltops, pick of the bunch
"only the best will do"
o

the most meritorious aspect of a thing or person.


"he brought out the best in people"

the peak of condition; the highest standard or level that a person or

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