optimal

adjective

Definition of optimalnext
as in optimum

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Recent Examples of optimal Create your athleisure look with jackets, tops, sports bras, leggings and more, all boasting optimal coverage. — ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026 Tsubaki KabelSchlepp’s Pull Back Unit maintains optimal tension on the cable carrier and minimizes collision risks across complex movement paths. — IEEE Spectrum, 3 Sep. 2026 But health experts consider walking an important part of maintaining optimal physical and mental health. — Kristen Gasnick, Verywell Health, 2 Sep. 2026 The recommendations provide guidance on which fall vaccines are recommended for whom and when is the optimal time to get them. — Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for optimal
Recent Examples of Synonyms for optimal
  1. optimum
  2. maximum
  3. excellent
  4. superb
  5. prime
  6. outstanding
  7. special
  8. first-class
Adjective
  • The location turned out to be optimum for a new blue-chip gathering place.
    — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The sparsely populated southern Arizona desert was an optimum region.
    — Rebecca 'Becca' Dyer, AZCentral.com, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of optimum
Adjective
  • As a result, the collective decay chain is blocked after the first decay, leaving the maximum emission rate proportional to N—the same scaling expected from independent atoms.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026
  • If a family values privacy over maximum exposure, that is their choice.
    — Tomas J. Philipson, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of maximum
Adjective
  • Lampard felt his players deserved a point after creating several excellent chances.
    — Stuart James, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Picturesque views of the surrounding Casco Bay are abundant, and its consistently excellent food scene has made the city a culinary hot spot for the ages.
    — Lori Keong, Architectural Digest, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of excellent
Adjective
  • Typically, Mora will pick up the ball in the left channel and run at a defender, before slowing to a jog, then use his superb balance to burst past his flat-footed opponent on either side, like in this example against Fiorentina last month.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Cam Schlitter gave up one run and two hits in eight superb innings, and the New York Yankees scored five two-out runs in the 10th in a series-clinching, 6-3 victory over the Angels on Wednesday night at Angel Stadium.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of superb
Adjective
  • The Home Depot Patio Furniture Labor Day Sales If your patio furniture got plenty of love this summer, take The Home Depot’s end-of-season sale as a prime opportunity to refresh ahead of next year.
    — Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2026
  • According to Chris Willatt, owner of Alpine Maids, loading silverware in the dishwasher with the handles pointing down and the usable sides pointing up is the best way to achieve prime cleanliness.
    — Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of prime
Adjective
  • The performances are first-rate across the board, with Bell and Jarvis outstanding as the lead conspirators.
    — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The decades-old winery is now facing a foreclosure sale to cover a $37-million outstanding loan, according to the Press Democrat.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of outstanding
Adjective
  • Ian is a longtime New Yorker with a special perspective on this day.
    — Chris Branch, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • From the street, there doesn’t seem to be anything too special about 281 Greene Avenue, in Clinton Hill, especially compared with the stately, stand-alone 19th-century mansions a few blocks west.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of special
Adjective
  • That puts the network front and center, and it must be engineered as a first-class part of the architecture, rather than ordered last.
    — Ido Susan, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The first-class structure domestically has been all over the place the last few years and there’s no consistency, no patience.
    — James Wallace, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of first-class

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“Optimal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/optimal. Accessed 13 Sep. 2026.

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