adj. Function: adjective
meritoriously near the standard or model and eminently good of its kind FF1C; an excellent restaurant specializing in French cuisine FF1E;
Synonyms: A1, bang-up, banner, blue-ribbon, ||boss, bully, ||bunkum, capital, champion, classic, classical, ||dandy, famous, fine, first-class, first-rate, first-string, five-star, front-rank, Grade A, number one, par excellence, prime, quality, royal, skookum, ||slap-up, sovereign, stunning, superior, ||swingeing, top, top-notch, whiz-bang; compare MARVELOUS 2 , SUPREME
Related Words: high-class, high-grade, proper; ||rum; distinguished, exceptional, premium; brag, incomparable, magnificent, nobby, sensational, smart, superb, superlative, terrific, tip-top, unsurpassed
Idioms: all wool and a yard wide, beyond compare, out of this world
Contrasted Words: mediocre; bad, inadequate, inferior, low, low-grade, low-quality, substandard; fourth-rate, second-class, second-rate; poor, shoddy, sorry, unsatisfactory, wretched; commonplace, mediocre, ordinary
Antonyms: execrable