gilt-edge

ADJECTIVE

optimal

Synonyms

STRONGEST

excellent

WEAK

24-carat A1 ace best capital choice choicest flawless greatest highest ideal matchless maximum most advantageous most favorable peak peerless perfect select solid-gold superlative top world-class

ADJECTIVE

optimum

Synonyms

STRONG

A1 ace capital choice choicest excellent flawless greatest highest ideal matchless maximum most advantageous most favorable optimal peak peerless perfect select solid-gold superlative world-class

Antonyms

STRONG

least poorest worst

ADJECTIVE

peerless

Synonyms

STRONGEST

unequaled unrivaled

WEAK

aces all-time alone best beyond compare champion excellent faultless greatest incomparable matchless most nonpareil only outstanding perfect second to none solid-gold super superlative supreme tops unexampled unique unmatched unparagoned unparalleled unsurpassed world-class

Antonyms

WEAK

imperfect inferior lowly mediocre secondary subordinate

ADJECTIVE

superlative

Synonyms

STRONGEST

magnificent outstanding peerless superb transcendent unparalleled

STRONG

best capital crack extreme optimum tops winning

WEAK

A-1 accomplished all-time consummate effusive exaggerated excessive finished greatest highest hundred-proof inflated matchless of highest order standout supreme surpassing unexcelled unrivaled unsurpassed world-class

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bad inferior ordinary poor second-rate

STRONG

least worst

WEAK

low lowest second-class

Example Sentences

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Watkins had an early goal ruled out for offside, before Wolves wing-back Rayan Ait-Nouri missed a gilt-edge chance.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2024

They’re stretched within a gilt-edge structure whose angular, protruding shape is reminiscent of the folded planes of Japanese origami.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2021

Lannoo will release the 304-page gilt-edge book in late September.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2018

However, the singing by Ronnie McDowell is gilt-edge counterfeit, Elvis' sound carefully shaped and reduplicated by Felton Jarvis, Presley's own producer at RCA.

From Time Magazine Archive

"I don't suppose you would care to take a hundred thousand dollars worth of mining securities of a gilt-edge kind?" asked the colonel, looking at Dick.

From Dick Hamilton's Fortune The Stirring Doings of a Millionaire's Son by Garis, Howard R.

gilt-edge

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