best

Meanings

Plural: best, bested, bests

Noun

• the supreme effort one can make
  • "they did their best"
• the person who is most outstanding or excellent; someone who tops all others
  • "he could beat the best of them"
• Canadian physiologist (born in the United States) who assisted F. G. Banting in research leading to the discovery of insulin (1899-1978)
• The supreme effort one can make, or has made.
• One's best behavior.
• The person (or persons; or thing or things) that is (are) most excellent.

Verb

• get the better of
  • "the goal was to best the competition"
• To surpass in skill or achievement.
• To beat in a contest.
• Had best.

Adjective

• (superlative of `good') having the most positive qualities
  • "the best film of the year"
  • "the best solution"
  • "the best time for planting"
  • "wore his best suit"
• having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
• morally admirable

Adjective Satellite

• (comparative and superlative of `well') wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable
  • "the White House thought it best not to respond"
• having the normally expected amount
• deserving of esteem and respect
• promoting or enhancing well-being
• agreeable or pleasing
• of moral excellence
• having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
• thorough
• with or in a close or intimate relationship
• financially sound
• most suitable or right for a particular purpose
• resulting favorably
• exerting force or influence
• capable of pleasing
• appealing to the mind
• in excellent physical condition
• tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health
• not forged
• not left to spoil
• generally admired

Adverb

• in a most excellent way or manner
  • "he played best after a couple of martinis"
• it would be sensible
  • "you'd best stay at home"
• from a position of superiority or authority
  • "father knows best"
• (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well')
• thoroughly or completely; fully; often used as a combining form; ; ; ; ; ,
• indicating high probability; in all likelihood
• (used for emphasis or as an intensifier) entirely or fully
• to a suitable or appropriate extent or degree
• favorably; with approval
• to a great extent or degree
• with great or especially intimate knowledge
• with prudence or propriety
• with skill or in a pleasing manner
• in a manner affording benefit or advantage
• in financial comfort
• without unusual distress or resentment; with good humor

Adj

• superlative form of good: most good.
• Most; largest.
• Most superior; most favorable.

Adv

• superlative form of well: most well
• To the most advantage; with the most success, cause, profit, benefit, or propriety.

Synonyms

adept, advantageously, all that and a bag of chips, ant's pants, antelope's cantaloupes, bee's knees, beneficial, better, bollocks, business, C. H. Best, cat's ass, cat's meow, cat's pajamas, cat's pyjamas, cat's whiskers, Charles Herbert Best, comfortably, considerably, cream of the crop, crème de la crème, da bomb, dear, dependable, dog's bollocks, dog's dangly bits, easily, effective, estimable, expert, finger-lickin' good, finger-licking good, flea's eyebrows, fox's socks, full, gold standard, good, greatest thing since sliced bread, honest, honorable, in effect, in force, intimately, just, kitty's titties, llama's pajamas, mutt's nuts, ne plus ultra, near, outdo, outflank, practiced, proficient, respectable, right, ripe, safe, salutary, scoop, secure, serious, skilful, skillful, sound, spider's ankles, substantially, the bee's knees, the bomb, the shit, the tits, topper, trump, undecomposed, unspoiled, unspoilt, upright, well

Antonyms

bad, baddest, badly, disadvantageously, evil, ill, worst

Related Words

best off, bestest, better, excellent, good

Anagrams of best