| Main Entry: | avant-garde |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unconventional, forward-looking |
Synonyms: |
beat*, experimental, head*, hip*, innovative, lead, leading-edge, liberal, new, new wave, pioneering, progressive, radical, state-of-the-art, vanguard |
Antonyms: |
conservative, conventional |
| Main Entry: | gray/grey |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | muted silver in color |
Synonyms: |
ash, ashen, battleship, cinereal, clouded, dingy, dove, drab, dusky, dusty, granite, heather, iron, lead, leaden, livid, mousy, neutral, oyster, pearly, peppery, powder, sere, shaded, silvered, silvery, slate, smoky, somber, stone |
| Main Entry: | pioneer |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | early, first |
Synonyms: |
avant-garde, brave, experimental, head, inaugural, initial, lead, original, primary, prime |
Antonyms: |
following, last, late, later |
| Main Entry: | preceding |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | earlier, above |
Synonyms: |
above-mentioned, above-named, aforeknown, aforementioned, aforesaid, ahead of, antecedent, anterior, before, erstwhile, foregoing, forerunning, former, forward, front, head, heretofore, introductory, lead, leading, one time, other, past, pioneer, pioneering, precedent, precursive, precursory, preexistent, prefatory, preliminary, preparatory, prevenient, previous, prior, prodromal, supra |
| Notes: | preceding means 'occurring immediately before the time of the utterance,' while previous means 'occurring at some time before the utterance' |
Antonyms: |
after, below, following, later |
| Main Entry: | top |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | best, most important; highest |
Synonyms: |
apical, capital, chief, crack, crowning, culminating, dominant, elite, excellent, fine, finest, first, first-class, first-rate, five-star, foremost, greatest, head, lead, leading, loftiest, maximal, maximum, outside, paramount, preeminent, primary, prime, principal, ruling, sovereign, superior, supreme, tiptop, top-drawer, top-notch, topmost, upper, uppermost |
Antonyms: |
least, low, lower, lowest, second-rate, unimportant |
| Main Entry: | gray |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | silver |
Synonyms: |
ash, ashen, cinereal, clouded, dappled, dingy, dove, drab, dusky, dusty, grey, heather, iron, lead, leaden, livid, mousy, neutral, oyster, pearly, peppery, powder, sere, shaded, silvered, silvery, slate, smoky, somber, stone |
| Main Entry: | leaden |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | made of lead |
Synonyms: |
galena, lead, pewter, plumbean, plumbic, plumbiferous, plumbous |
| Main Entry: | loftiest |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | top |
Synonyms: |
apical, capital, chief, crack*, crowning, culminating, dominant, elite, excellent, fine, finest, first, first-class*, first-rate, five-star, foremost, greatest, head, highest, lead, leading, maximal, maximum, outside, paramount, preeminent, primary, prime*, principal, ruling, sovereign, superior, supreme, tiptop, top-drawer, top-notch, topmost, upmost, upper, uppermost |
| Main Entry: | topmost |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | top |
Synonyms: |
apical, capital, chief, crack*, crowning, culminating, dominant, elite, excellent, fine, finest, first, first-class*, first-rate, five-star, foremost, greatest, head, highest, lead, leading, loftiest, maximal, maximum, outside, paramount, preeminent, primary, prime*, principal, ruling, sovereign, superior, supreme, tiptop, top-drawer, top-notch, upmost, upper, uppermost |
| Main Entry: | gray |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
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