ACES Synonyms: 258 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of ace

as in experts

a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field took a few lessons with a tennis ace to improve his backhand

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as in splashes

a very small amount not an ace of truth in what she said

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as in inches

a very small distance or degree came within an ace of being chosen for the part

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verb

present tense third-person singular of ace

as in nails

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Recent Examples of aces

Noun

Entering Wednesday’s match, Brents led the team in assists and blocks while sitting third in digs and kills and fourth in aces. — Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026 Kartal had more winners (32-23) but made more unforced errors (36-27), in a match featuring no aces on Dongfeng Voyah center court. — ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026 The baseball world widely expected the Dodgers, with their rotation chock-full of aces and lineup full of future Hall of Famers, to roll to their third straight World Series title. — Ryan Canfield Outkick, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026 The Dodgers’ aces have struggled to stay on the mound deep in games and key bats have gone silent. — Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026 This is a determined group led by two young aces in Jacob Misiorowski and Logan Henderson and backed by a bullpen that can go pitch-for-pitch against anyone. — The Athletic Mlb Staff, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2026 It could be done by scraping a sliver of paint off the side of the aces and royal cards. — Kit Chellel, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026 There’s still plenty to enjoy in West’s plummy and gentlemanly performance; both Miller and West, in fact, are aces at oozing posh resentment, and, to the show’s advantage, they have both been caught in tabloid relationship drama of their own. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026 The other aces on both sides who have been under the glare in these types of Red Sox-Yankees games didn’t have to deal with social media, the creativity of the fans in the ballpark was rough enough. — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 28 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for aces

Noun

But experts caution that escalating pressure does not necessarily mean Tehran will back down.

— Lauren Morganbesser, semafor.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Oil producers have found ways to keep crude flowing, experts say, but at a mounting cost.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026

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The apron is built to take a beating—oils and rogue splashes barely register, practically rolling right off the surface.

— Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026
Jazz fusion keyboardist George Duke, however, plays wild splashes of melody on an electric piano in the empty spaces between Waits’s lines.

— Al Shipley, SPIN, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of splashes

Noun

Portions of southwest Colorado and southeast Utah saw two to four inches, whereas areas with higher elevations, like the San Juan Mountains, got up to six inches.

— Ava Berger, NPR, 24 Oct. 2026
The chances of getting another stop on 4th and inches are very slim.

— Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of inches

Verb

Thomas is anxious, but with death looming, Vision finally nails the conversation he’s been practicing by investing it with real emotion, conviction, and support.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2026
Diego Cardoso, the culinary director for the museum, developed a menu that nails the balance of high-low.

— Khushbu Shah, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of nails

Noun

Named the After Series, Anastassiades drew inspiration from Danish masters like Kaare Klint and Poul Kjærholm.

— Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
The executives, for their part, were serving still more distant masters—shareholders, owners, and the CEO in his private jet.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of masters

Noun

After receiving a notice, an insurer may investigate the allegations, dispute them, or take steps to cure the alleged violation.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026
With far-right and far-left candidates in the lead to become France’s next president in the spring, markets are losing confidence that either side will take the painful steps necessary to rein in the deficit.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026