| 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: | topping |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | covering |
Synonyms: |
frosting, garnish, meringue, plunge, sauce |
| Main Entry: | top |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun, verb |
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Adjectives: |
| 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: | beat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat, surpass |
Synonyms: |
be victorious, best, better, conquer, exceed, excel, outdo, outplay, outrival, outrun, outshine, outstrip, overcome, overtake, overwhelm, shoot ahead of, subdue, top, transcend, triumph, vanquish, whip |
Antonyms: |
cede, lose, relinquish, retreat, surrender |
| Main Entry: | best |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat; gain advantage |
Synonyms: |
KO, beat, beat up, better, blank*, blast*, bulldoze, clobber, conquer, cream*, deck, drub, exceed, excel, flax, floor*, get the better of, knock off, 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 out, wipe the floor with, wipe, zap |
Antonyms: |
give up, lose, relent, surrender |
| Main Entry: | better |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | improve performance; outdo |
Synonyms: |
advance, ameliorate, amend, beat, best, cap, correct, enhance, exceed, excel, forward, further, help, meliorate, mend, outshine, outstrip, promote, raise, rectify, refine, reform, revamp, surpass, top, transcend |
Antonyms: |
deteriorate, get worse, worsen |
| Main Entry: | break |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | better a performance |
Synonyms: |
beat, cap, exceed, excel, go beyond, outdo, outstrip, surpass, top |