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of the first water

ADJECTIVE
first-rate
Synonyms
STRONGEST
excellent exceptional high-quality marvelous outstanding superb
WEAK
A number one A-1 accomplished ace bang-up banner best best quality blue-ribbon capital champion choice choicest exemplary exquisite fine finest first-class great highest quality incomparable magnificent meritorious of the highest type peerless premium prime quality select skillful splendid sterling striking super superior superlative supreme terrific tiptop top top-drawer top-flight top-notch top-of-the-line world-class
Antonyms
STRONGEST
bad expected inferior ordinary poor regular second-rate unexceptional unnoteworthy

Example Sentences

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The turning point came in the 1970s with the Clean Water Act, which introduced some of the first water pollution regulations.

From Slate • May 26, 2025

The small park has not only adapted to recent technologies but paved the way, like with the addition of one of the first water coaster hybrids in the world.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 12, 2022

Ultimately, it doesn't matter that Dance Moms is cerebrum-melting guff of the first water.

From The Guardian • Apr. 13, 2013

It’s a locked-room mystery of the first water, albeit one with rubble, tanks and the smashed carcasses of automobiles piled up outside the room. 

From Time • Jul. 6, 2012

You've got what the highfaluting society gang at Darley would call a chaperon, but she isn't exactly of the first water, according to the way such things are usually graded.

From Ann Boyd by Harben, Will N. (Will Nathaniel)