| 1. finest, most excellent; highest endeavor, hardest; holiday clothes, Sunday best; compliments, best wishes. get over on someone; beat someone. having the most positive qualities, leading, top, foremost, prime, first, chief, principal, supreme, of the highest quality. admost successfully; to the highest degree, most; better; advisable. bestbest (b&ebreve;st), a.; superl. of good. [as. besta, best, contr. from betest, betst, betsta; akin to goth. batists, ohg. pezzisto, g. best, beste, d. best, icel. beztr, dan. best, sw. b?st. this word has no connection in origin with good. see: better.] |