Best
//ˈbɛst//
Word Type
Noun
Verb
Adverb
Adjective
Proper Noun
Adverb
Adjective
The word "best" can be used as noun, verb, adverb, adjective, proper noun, adverb and adjective.
Word Relationships
Dbpedia Genre
Derived Terms
'd best Best Korea Sunday best Sunday-best accidents will happen in the best regulated families alderbest all for the best all the best as best as one can as best one can at best at one's best at the best at the best of times attack is the best form of defence attack is the best form of defense best and fairest best ball best before date best bet best bib and tucker best bitter best bower best boy best case scenario best efforts best end best evidence rule best form lens best friend best friend forever best gal best girl best in class best laid plans best maid best man best of best of British best of British luck best of both worlds best of breed best of luck best of the best best of the bunch best off best on ground best parlour best part of best pleased best practice best regards best thing since sliced bread best thing since sliced pan best wishes best-before date best-by date best-case best-case scenario best-kept secret best-of best-paid best-seller best-selling bester bestest bestness bestseller bestshoring come off second best diamonds are a girl's best friend do one's best experience is the best teacher failure is the best teacher first best first best for best for one's best for the best get the best of give it one's best shot give one's best had best have the best of have the best of it he laughs best that laughs last he who laughs last laughs best honesty is the best policy hope for the best, prepare for the worst hunger is the best pickle hunger is the best sauce hunger is the best seasoning hunger is the best spice inference to the best explanation it happens to the best of us laughter is the best medicine level best level best line of best fit live one's best life look one's best make the best of make the best of a bad bargain make the best of a bad job make the best of one's way man's best friend of the best water outbest personal best personal best put one's best foot foremost put one's best foot forward revenge is a dish best served cold save the best for last second best six of the best sum of best sunlight is the best disinfectant take one's best shot the best defence is attack the best defense is a good offense the best is the enemy of the good the best laid plans of mice and men go oft astray the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry the best part of the best things in life are free the best things in life aren't things the next best thing third best to the best of one's knowledge unbested wife's best friend with the best with the best with the best of them with the best will in the world work best under pressure
Broader Terms (Hypernyms)
Related Terms
above above good achievement adjective after after better awesome be beat behavior being being good bestest better better than beyond beyond better brilliant cant cant better comparison description even even better excellent favorites first first place good good better good superlative great greatest highest highest quality incomparable most most awesome most good near perfect notch number number one perfect place positive positive adjective quality rating really really good simply success superior superlative superlative good surpass than top top better top notch top quality ultimate very very good winner winning worse
Similar Terms
Sunday-go-to-meeting advisable champion first foremost go to meeting go-to-meeting good high-grade incomparable optimal optimal optimum primo primo prizewinning prizewinning record breaking record-breaking second best second-best superfine superfine superior top top quality top-grade top-quality uncomparable unexceeded unexcelled unsurpassable unsurpassable unsurpassed unsurpassed world class world-class
Synonym Network
More for "best"
Next best steps
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.