| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. The superlative or most preferable part of something: choice, cream, crème de la crème, elite, flower, pick, prize1, top. Idioms: cream of the crop, flower of the flock, pick of the bunch (or crop) . See BETTER. 2. Friendly greetings: regard (used in plural), respect (used in plural). See GREETING. | | VERB: | 1. To win a victory over, as in battle or a competition: beat, conquer, defeat, master, overcome, prevail against or (over), rout, subdue, subjugate, surmount, triumph over, vanquish, worst. Informal : trim, whip. Slang : ace, lick. Idioms: carry (or win) the day, get (or have) the best of, get (or have) the better of, go someone one better. See WIN. 2. To be greater or better than: better1, exceed, excel, outdo, outmatch, outrun, outshine, outstrip, pass, surpass, top, transcend. Informal : beat. Idioms: go beyond, go one better. See BIG. | | ADJECTIVE: | 1. Much more than half: better1, greater, larger, largest, most. See BETTER, BIG. 2. Surpassing all others in quality: optimal, optimum, superlative, unsurpassed. See BETTER.
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