Synonyms of frontline

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adjective

ˈfrənt-ˌlīn 

as in excellent

of the very best kind

if I'm having brain surgery, I want it done at a frontline hospital

Synonyms & Similar Words

• excellent
• prime
• superb
• great
• terrific
• wonderful
• stellar
• lovely
• fantastic
• awesome
• beautiful
• fabulous
• quality
• hot
• fine
• top
• marvelous
• classic
• brave
• superior
• heavenly
• famous
• first-rate
• first-class
• divine
• topflight
• top-notch
• exceptional
• superlative
• sensational
• sterling
• first-string
• par excellence
• boss
• blue-chip
• slick
• capital
• too much
• top-shelf
• immense
• high-class
• splendid
• unsurpassed
• out of this world
• good
• topping
• grand
• banner
• cracking
• choice
• cool
• bully
• neat
• out-of-sight
• keen
• radical
• number one
• noble
• crackerjack
• fab
• five-star
• better
• prize
• swell
• gone
• top-of-the-line
• decent
• righteous
• down
• blue-ribbon
• groovy
• primo
• peachy
• dope
• supernal
• wizard
• bumper
• dandy
• mean
• tip-top
• A1
• four-star
• adequate
• dynamite
• traditional
• nifty
• special
• peachy keen
• hype
• gangbusters
• numero uno
• all right
• bonny
• phat
• prizewinning
• corking
• classical
• fantabulous
• bang-up
• satisfactory
• acceptable
• premium
• gilt-edged
• boffo
• brag
• jim-dandy
• A-OK
• standard
• tolerable
• high-grade
• passable
• OK
• fancy
• select
• high-test
• superfine

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• poor
• terrible
• awful
• pathetic
• lousy
• wretched
• vile
• rotten
• atrocious
• inferior
• bad
• unsatisfactory
• substandard
• low-grade
• execrable
• mediocre
• second-class
• middling
• second-rate

front line

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noun

as in forefront

the leading or most important part of a movement

Susan B. Anthony was on the front line of the struggle for woman suffrage

Synonyms & Similar Words

• forefront
• leading edge
• cutting edge
• van
• vanguard
• spearhead

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of frontline

Adjective

Full security cover was removed after Harry and Meghan stepped back from frontline royal duties in 2020. — Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 8 Dec. 2025

The state would also seek to add community health workers, who are frontline public health workers and who either are part of or have built trust with particular communities. — Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 7 Nov. 2025

Noun

Fighting on the roughly 780-mile front line in eastern and southern Ukraine is restricted by large numbers of drones and ground robots threatening troop movements, and neither side is making significant battlefield progress, analysts say. — Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026

Thousands of Ukrainians took to the streets to demand the sacking of Syrskyi — an old-guard military commander blamed by his critics for heavy troop losses at the front line — and Fedorov’s reinstatement. — CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026