Synonyms: best
Definition: the supreme effort one can make
Usage: they did their best
Similar words: endeavor, endeavour, effort, try, attempt
Definition: earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
Usage: made an effort to cover all the reading material; wished him luck in his endeavor; she gave it a good try
Definition: the person who is most outstanding or excellent; someone who tops all others
Usage: he could beat the best of them
Similar words: somebody, someone, soul, mortal, person, individual
Definition: a human being
Usage: there was too much for one person to do
Synonyms: Charles Herbert Best, C. H. Best, Best
Definition: Canadian physiologist (born in the United States) who assisted F. G. Banting in research leading to the discovery of insulin (1899-1978)
Similar words: physiologist
Definition: a biologist specializing in physiology
Synonyms: scoop, trump, outdo, outflank, best
Definition: get the better of
Usage: the goal was to best the competition
Similar words: trounce, crush, vanquish, shell, beat, beat out
Definition: come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
Usage: Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship; We beat the competition; Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game
Definition: (comparative and superlative of `well') wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable
Usage: it would be better to speak to him; the White House thought it best not to respond
Similar words: advisable
Definition: worthy of being recommended or suggested; prudent or wise
Usage: such action is neither necessary nor advisable; extreme caution is advisable; it is advisable to telephone first
Synonyms: best
Definition: (superlative of `good') having the most positive qualities
Usage: the best film of the year; the best solution; the best time for planting; wore his best suit
Similar words: champion, prizewinning
Definition: holding first place in a contest
Usage: a champion show dog; a prizewinning wine
Similar words: top-grade, top-quality, high-grade
Definition: surpassing in quality
Usage: top-grade ore
Similar words: world-class, first, foremost
Definition: ranking above all others
Usage: was first in her class; the foremost figure among marine artists; the top graduate
Similar words: go-to-meeting, Sunday-go-to-meeting
Definition: used of clothing
Usage: my good clothes; her Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes
Similar words: optimal, optimum
Definition: most desirable possible under a restriction expressed or implied
Usage: an optimum return on capital; optimal concentration of a drug
Similar words: primo
Definition: the best of its kind
Similar words: record-breaking
Definition: surpassing any previously established record
Usage: a record-breaking high jump; record-breaking crowds
Similar words: second-best
Definition: next to the best
Usage: his second-best bed
Similar words: superfine
Definition: (used especially of merchandise) very fine in quality
Usage: made of superfine Flemish cloth
Similar words: unexceeded, unexcelled, unsurpassed
Definition: not capable of being improved on
Similar words: unsurpassable
Definition: not to be exceeded
Usage: unsurpassable skill; unsurpassable standards of workmanship