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| NOUN: | 1. The superlative or most preferable part of something: best, choice, cream, crème de la crème, elite, flower, pick, prize1. Idioms: cream of the crop, flower of the flock, pick of the bunch (or crop) . See BETTER. 2. The highest point or state: acme, apex, apogee, climax, crest, crown, culmination, height, meridian, peak, pinnacle, summit, zenith. Informal : payoff. Medicine : fastigium. See HIGH. 3. The outer layer of an object: face, surface. See SURFACE. 4. The highest point: apex, cap, crest, crown, height, peak, roof, summit, vertex. See HIGH. 5. The greatest quantity or highest degree attainable: maximum, outside, ultimate, utmost, uttermost. Idioms: ne plus ultra. See HIGH, LIMITED. | | VERB: | 1. To reach or bring to a climax. Off or out: cap, climax, crest, crown, culminate, peak. See EXCITE. 2. To be greater or better than: best, better1, exceed, excel, outdo, outmatch, outrun, outshine, outstrip, pass, surpass, transcend. Informal : beat. Idioms: go beyond, go one better. See BIG. 3. To put a topping on: cap, crown, top off. See OVER, PUT ON. | | ADJECTIVE: | 1. Exceptionally good of its kind: ace, banner, blue-ribbon, brag, capital, champion, excellent, fine1, first-class, first-rate, prime, quality, splendid, superb, superior, terrific, tiptop. Informal : A-one, bully, dandy, great, swell, topflight, topnotch. Slang : boss. Chiefly British : tophole. See GOOD. 2. Preeminent in rank or position: highest, top-drawer. See OVER. 3. Greatest in quantity or highest in degree that has been or can be attained: maximal, maximum, topmost, ultimate, utmost, uttermost. See HIGH, LIMITED. 4. Most important, influential, or significant: capital, cardinal, chief, first, foremost, key, leading, main, major, number one, paramount, premier, primary, prime, principal. See IMPORTANT. 5. Of, being, located at, or forming the top: highest, loftiest, topmost, upmost, uppermost. See HIGH. | | PHRASAL VERB: | top off To put a topping on: cap, crown, top. See OVER, PUT ON.
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