first-rate

Adjective · Adverb

WordNet 3.0

of the highest quality“an ace reporter”“a crack shot”“a first-rate golfer”“a super party”“played top-notch tennis”“an athlete in tiptop condition”“she is absolutely tops”Synonyms: ace A-one crack super tiptop topnotch top-notch tops(p)

First-rate \First"-rate`\ (f[~e]rst"r[=a]t`), a. Of the highest excellence; pre["e]minent in quality, size, or estimation. [1913 Webster]

Our only first-rate body of contemporary poetry is the German. --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster]

Hermocrates . . . a man of first-rate ability. --Jowett (Thucyd). [1913 Webster]

First-rate \First"-rate`\, n. (Naut.) A war vessel of the highest grade or the most powerful class. [1913 Webster]

first-rate \first-rate\ adj.

1.of the highest quality; as, a first-rate reporter.

Syn: ace, A-one, first-class, super, tip-top, topnotch, tops(predicate). [WordNet 1.5]