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for the best

ADJECTIVE
advantageous
Synonyms
STRONGEST
auspicious beneficial expedient fortunate helpful opportune profitable propitious worthwhile
Antonyms
STRONGEST
disadvantageous harmful inauspicious inopportune unfortunate unhappy unhelpful unlucky unprofitable worthless

Example Sentences

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For many cancer patients and their loved ones, it’s easier to expect the worst and hope for the best than it is to expect the best, only to be cruelly disappointed.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026

All they can do is keep the ship afloat and hope for the best.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

Still possible: Some eclipse-chasers swear by the sea for the best chances at a clear view of the event.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Many Gemini users aren’t necessarily shopping around for the best chatbot.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 25, 2026

I knew he loved me and he’d only left me because he’d thought it was for the best.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.