best
adj
1 chief, finest, first, first-class, first-rate, foremost, highest, leading, most excellent, outstanding, perfect, pre-eminent, principal, superlative, supreme, unsurpassed
2 advantageous, apt, correct, golden, most desirable, most fitting, right
3 greatest, largest, most
adv
4 advantageously, attractively, excellently, most fortunately
5 extremely, greatly, most deeply, most fully, most highly
n
6 choice, cream, crème de la crème, elite, favourite, finest, first, flower, pick, prime, top
7 hardest, highest endeavour, utmost
vb
8 beat, blow out of the water (slang) conquer, defeat, get the better of, lick (informal) master, outclass, outdo, put in the shade (informal) run rings around (informal) stuff (slang) surpass, tank (slang) thrash, triumph over, trounce, undo, wipe the floor with (informal)