Entry Word: top

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 being at a point or level higher than all others <an office in the top story of the building> <the top student in our graduating class>

Synonyms highest, loftiest, topmost, upmost, uppermost

Related Words higher, loftier, upper; maximized, maximum, peaked, utmost; chief, first, foremost, head, leading, predominant, preeminent, premier, principal; dominant, dominating, eminent, prominent, towering; elevated, escalated, heightened, jacked (up), lifted, raised, uplifted, upraised

Near Antonyms below, lower, under; low, lowered, low-lying, sunken

Antonyms lowermost, lowest, nethermost, undermost

2 of the greatest or highest degree or quantity <your safety is our top priority> — see ultimate 1
3 of the highest degree <going at top speed> — see full 2
4 of the very best kind <he's one of the tennis clubʼs top players> — see excellent