TOPS Synonyms

• preceding all others in time or space or degree

• highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections

• the first or highest in an ordering or series

• the first element in a countable series

• the time at which something is supposed to begin

• the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate)

• an honours degree of the highest class

• the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving

• before anything else

• the initial time

• before another in time, space, or importance

• prominently forward

• serving to begin

• ranking above all others

• serving to set in motion

• highest in quality

• going or proceeding or going in advance; showing the way

• the activity of leading

• thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing

• indicating the most important performer or role

• greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement

• having the leading position or higher score in a contest

• the greatest or most complete or best possible

• the largest possible quantity

• the greatest possible degree

• the point on a curve where the tangent changes from positive on the left to negative on the right

• having superior power and influence

• the person who holds the position of head of the government in the United Kingdom

• the person who is head of government (in several countries)

• first in rank or degree

• preceding all others in time

• be performed for the first time

• perform a work for the first time

• of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary

• a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen

• one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing

• (astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it

• coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit

• not derived from or reducible to something else; basic

• most important element

• of or being the essential or basic part

• of or relating to or being an integer that cannot be factored into other integers

• a natural number that has exactly two distinct natural number divisors: 1 and itself

• the period of greatest prosperity or productivity

• the second canonical hour; about 6 a.m.

• the time of maturity when power and vigor are greatest

• first in rank or degree

• used of the first or originating agent

• of superior grade

• being at the best stage of development

• insert a primer into (a gun, mine, or charge) preparatory to detonation or firing

• cover with a primer; apply a primer to

• fill with priming liquid

• the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated

• the educator who has executive authority for a school

• an actor who plays a principal role

• capital as contrasted with the income derived from it

• (criminal law) any person involved in a criminal offense, regardless of whether the person profits from such involvement

• the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account

• most important element

• final or last in your life or progress

• greatest in status or authority or power

• highest in excellence or achievement

• greatest or maximal in degree; extreme

• at or nearest to the top

• of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particles

• money extracted as a penalty

• an expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence

• in a delicate manner

• being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition

• minutely precise especially in differences in meaning

• thin in thickness or diameter

• characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment

• free from impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity

• record a fine as a penalty in a police record

• impose a fine on

• greater than normal in quantity or amount

• (literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high')

• used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency

• a lofty level or position or degree

• an air mass of higher than normal pressure

• a state of sustained elation

• a state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or narcotics

• a high place

• a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12

• a forward gear with a gear ratio that gives the greatest vehicle velocity for a given engine speed

• at a great altitude

• in or to a high position, amount, or degree

• in a rich manner

• far up toward the source

• standing above others in quality or position

• happy and excited and energetic

• (used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted

• slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana)

• the most extreme possible amount or value

• the period of greatest prosperity or productivity

• the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development

• the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)

• a V shape

• the highest point (of something)

• a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes

• to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity

• the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development

• the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)

• a meeting of heads of governments

• reach the summit (of a mountain)

• be greater in scope or size than some standard

• be superior or better than some standard

• be or do something to a greater degree

• a regular route for a sentry or policeman

• the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart

• the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music

• a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations

• a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior

• the sound of stroke or blow

• (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

• a regular rate of repetition

• a stroke or blow

• the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing

• very tired

• come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

• give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression

• hit repeatedly

• move rhythmically

• shape by beating

• make a rhythmic sound

• glare or strike with great intensity

• move with a thrashing motion

• sail with much tacking or with difficulty

• stir vigorously

• strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music

• be superior

• avoid paying

• make a sound like a clock or a timer

• move with a flapping motion

• indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks

• move with or as if with a regular alternating motion

• make by pounding or trampling

• produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly

• strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting

• beat through cleverness and wit

• be a mystery or bewildering to

• wear out completely

• (comparative of `good') superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another

• (comparative of `good') changed for the better in health or fitness

• something superior in quality or condition or effect

• someone who bets

• a superior person having claim to precedence

• the superior one of two alternatives

• comparative of `well'; in a better or more excellent manner or more advantageously or attractively or to a greater degree etc.

• from a position of superiority or authority

• (comparative and superlative of `well') wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable

• more than half

• surpass in excellence

• to make better

• get better

• the part of a tooth above the gum that is covered with enamel

• the Crown (or the reigning monarch) as the symbol of the power and authority of a monarchy

• a wreath or garland worn on the head to signify victory

• an ornamental jeweled headdress signifying sovereignty

• the part of a hat (the vertex) that covers the crown of the head

• an English coin worth 5 shillings

• the upper branches and leaves of a tree or other plant

• the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)

• the award given to the champion

• the top of the head

• (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth

• the center of a cambered road

• invest with regal power; enthrone

• be the culminating event

• form the topmost part of

• put an enamel cover on