| 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: | top |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | highest point |
Synonyms: |
acme, apex, apogee, cap, capital, ceiling, climax, cork, cover, crest, crown, culmination, cusp, face, fastigium, finial, head, height, high point, lid, limit, maximum, meridian, peak, pinnacle, point, roof, spire, stopper, summit, superficies, surface, tip, utmost, vertex, zenith |
Antonyms: |
base, bottom, foot, lowest, nadir |
| Main Entry: | top |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | highest rank |
Synonyms: |
best, captain, chief, choice, cream, elite, first place, flower, head, lead, leader, pick, pride, prime, prize, utmost |
Antonyms: |
bottom, lowest |
| Main Entry: | top |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | place on or reach highest part |
Synonyms: |
ascend, cap, climb, cloak, clothe, cover, crest, crown, face, finish, garnish, piggyback, protect, reinforce, roof, scale, spread over, superimpose, surmount, tip |
Antonyms: |
descend, drop, fall, lower |
| Main Entry: | top |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | surpass |
Synonyms: |
bash, be first, beat, best, better, blow away, clobber, eclipse, exceed, excel, fake out, finagle, fox*, go beyond, goose, outdo, outfox, outshine, outstrip, overrun, run circles around, shut out, total*, transcend |
Antonyms: |
fall behind, lose |
| Main Entry: | top |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove the upper part |
Synonyms: |
amputate, cream, crop, curtail, cut off, decapitate, detruncate, dock, file off, lop off, pare, pollard, prune, ream, scrape off, shave off, shear, shorten, skim, trim, truncate |
Antonyms: |
add, replace |
| Main Entry: | top |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun, verb |
Related
Adjectives: |
| Main Entry: | acme |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pinnacle of achievement or physical object |
Synonyms: |
apogee, capstone, climax, culmination, height, high point, highest point, meridian, optimum, peak, summit, top, ultimate, vertex, zenith |
Antonyms: |
nadir |
| Main Entry: | answer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reply, react |
Synonyms: |
acknowledge, answer back, argue, back at you, back talk, be in touch, claim, comeback, contest, counterclaim, defend, deny, disprove, dispute, echo, explain, feedback, field the question, get back at, get back to, give a snappy comeback, parry, plead, rebut, refute, rejoin, remark, resolve, respond, retaliate, retort, return, sass, say, settle, shoot back, solve, squelch, talk back, top* |
| Notes: | an answer is something said, written, or done in return; a reply is an answer that satisfies a detail in a question |
Antonyms: |
ask, question |
| Main Entry: | arch |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | principal, superior |
Synonyms: |
accomplished, champion, chief, consummate, expert, finished, first, foremost, greatest, head, highest, leading, main, major, master, preeminent, premier, primary, top |
Antonyms: |
inferior |