top-ranking

adjective

: having the highest rank : most important, powerful, or successful

top-ranking officials/students

Examples of top-ranking in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment didn’t publicly announce the departure of Scott Bookman, one of the agency’s top-ranking officials. —Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 15 Oct. 2025

Mat Hayward | Getty Images Microsoft’s top-ranking sales leader, Judson Althoff, has been promoted to a bigger role as CEO of the company’s commercial business. —Jordan Novet, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025

Infinity Castle finds Tanjiro as a seasoned slayer, having fought alongside some of the Corps' top-ranking swordsmen, the Hashira. —Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2025

The world’s best airline loyalty program Air France and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines’ Flying Blue program is the top-ranking program for the second year running. —AFAR Media, 10 Sep. 2025

Rhymes for top-ranking

• nonbanking
• banking
• blanking
• clanking
• cranking
• flanking
• franking
• planking
• ranking
• spanking
• thanking
• yanking