first-rate
adjectiveHow many syllables in first-rate?
There are 2 syllables in the word first-rate.How to pronounce first-rate:
Definition of first-rate:
- first-rate (adjective):
- of the best quality
- preceding all others in time or space or degree.
- of the first order of size, importance, or quality
Synonyms for first-rate:
a1 or a-one
admirable
archetypal
archetypical
awesome
bang-up
banner
basic
beautiful
bitchin'
blue-chip
blue-ribbon
bodacious
boffo
booshit
brave
brill
capital
chillin'
choice
classic
cool
crack
crackerjack
cracking
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Antonyms for first-rate:
abominable
abysmal
adequate
amateur
amateurish
appalling
atrocious
average
awful
bad
barren
below par
bogus
catastrophic
characterless
cheap
common
contemptible
counterproductive
crude
crummy
defective
deficient
deplorable
despicable
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- dawdled
- Marven
- futile
- occurs
- kidney
- beggared
- curbstone
- unlit
- Omar
- kneading
- foredoomed
- Solaine
- shinleaf
- rareness
- pesky
- gratis
- flickers
- geo
- tuffet
- conquest
- gloating
- sputtered
- favour
- askew
- timbre
- drowse
- bandore
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- Segal
- protract
- for real
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