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Best

Having good qualities in the highest degree; most good, kind, desirable, suitable, etc.; most excellent; as, the best man; the best road; the best cloth; the best abilities.

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Advisable 84% connected

Proper to be advised or to be done; expedient; prudent.

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Advisable 84% connected

Proper to be advised or to be done; expedient; prudent.

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Champion 84% connected

To furnish with a champion; to attend or defend as champion; to support or maintain; to protect.

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Champion 84% connected

To furnish with a champion; to attend or defend as champion; to support or maintain; to protect.

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First 84% connected

Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest; as, the first day of a month; the first year of a reign.

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First 84% connected

Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest; as, the first day of a month; the first year of a reign.

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Foremost 84% connected

First in time or place; most advanced; chief in rank or dignity; as, the foremost troops of an army.

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Foremost 84% connected

First in time or place; most advanced; chief in rank or dignity; as, the foremost troops of an army.

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Primo 84% connected

First; chief.

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Primo 84% connected

First; chief.

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Superfine 84% connected

Very fine, or most fine; being of surpassing fineness; of extra nice or fine quality; as, superfine cloth.

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Superfine 84% connected

Very fine, or most fine; being of surpassing fineness; of extra nice or fine quality; as, superfine cloth.

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Actor 76% connected

One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.

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Attempt 76% connected

To make trial or experiment of; to try; to endeavor to do or perform (some action); to assay; as, to attempt to sing; to attempt a bold flight.

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Beat 76% connected

of Beat

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Crush 76% connected

To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mas…

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Doer 76% connected

One who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent.

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Effort 76% connected

An exertion of strength or power, whether physical or mental, in performing an act or aiming at an object; more or less strenuous endeavor; struggle…

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Endeavor 76% connected

To exert physical or intellectual strength for the attainment of; to use efforts to effect; to strive to achieve or reach; to try; to attempt.

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Shell 76% connected

A hard outside covering, as of a fruit or an animal.

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Trounce 76% connected

To punish or beat severely; to whip smartly; to flog; to castigate.

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Try 76% connected

To divide or separate, as one sort from another; to winnow; to sift; to pick out; -- frequently followed by out; as, to try out the wild corn from th…

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Vanquish 76% connected

To conquer, overcome, or subdue in battle, as an enemy.

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Worker 76% connected

One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

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Outmaneuver 76% connected

Alt. of Outmanoeuvre

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Outmanoeuvre 76% connected

To surpass, or get an advantage of, in maneuvering; to outgeneral.

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See also 8

Good 66% connected

Possessing desirable qualities; adapted to answer the end designed; promoting success, welfare, or happiness; serviceable; useful; fit; excellent; ad…

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Good 66% connected

Possessing desirable qualities; adapted to answer the end designed; promoting success, welfare, or happiness; serviceable; useful; fit; excellent; ad…

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Incomparable 66% connected

Not comparable; admitting of no comparison with others; unapproachably eminent; without a peer or equal; matchless; peerless; transcendent.

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Incomparable 66% connected

Not comparable; admitting of no comparison with others; unapproachably eminent; without a peer or equal; matchless; peerless; transcendent.

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Superior 66% connected

More elevated in place or position; higher; upper; as, the superior limb of the sun; the superior part of an image.

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Superior 66% connected

More elevated in place or position; higher; upper; as, the superior limb of the sun; the superior part of an image.

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Top 66% connected

A child's toy, commonly in the form of a conoid or pear, made to spin on its point, usually by drawing off a string wound round its surface or stem,…

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Top 66% connected

A child's toy, commonly in the form of a conoid or pear, made to spin on its point, usually by drawing off a string wound round its surface or stem,…

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Synonym 5

Better 92% connected

Having good qualities in a greater degree than another; as, a better man; a better physician; a better house; a better air.

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Outdo 92% connected

To go beyond in performance; to excel; to surpass.

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Outflank 92% connected

To go beyond, or be superior to, on the flank; to pass around or turn the flank or flanks of.

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Scoop 92% connected

A large ladle; a vessel with a long handle, used for dipping liquids; a utensil for bailing boats.

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Trump 92% connected

A wind instrument of music; a trumpet, or sound of a trumpet; -- used chiefly in Scripture and poetry.

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Worst 94% connected

Bad, evil, or pernicious, in the highest degree, whether in a physical or moral sense. See Worse.

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Worst 94% connected

Bad, evil, or pernicious, in the highest degree, whether in a physical or moral sense. See Worse.

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