Antonyms for topper
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : top-er |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɒp ər |
Definition of topper
Origin :- "the best (of anything)," 1709, originally slang, agent noun from top (v.).
- adj best, most important; highest
- She heard no sound, and Mr. Bast's topper was missing from the hall.
- Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
- Awfully well read and a topper at classics and history, and sang like a bird.
- Extract from : « Man and Maid » by Elinor Glyn
- Topper, a bachelor.Dick Wilkins, a fellow apprentice of Scrooge's.
- Extract from : « A Christmas Carol » by Charles Dickens
- Oh, how I should have liked to give him a topper with the pole!
- Extract from : « Dick o' the Fens » by George Manville Fenn
- “That was a topper for him, Ydoll,” said Joe, as they stood outside.
- Extract from : « Sappers and Miners » by George Manville Fenn
- “And now for a topper,” he cried, as the rod was raised by still another peg.
- Extract from : « Amos Huntingdon » by T.P. Wilson
- A "Topper" is one who is always billed at the top of the list of players.
- Extract from : « Continuous Vaudeville » by Will M. Cressy
- With his two hands he crushed his topper back onto his head.
- Extract from : « The Kingdom Round the Corner » by Coningsby Dawson
- Topper, anything or person above the ordinary; a blow on the head.
- Extract from : « The Slang Dictionary » by John Camden Hotten
- This is Topper, and this is Snapper, they are both sweet on the girls.
- Extract from : « Old Scrooge: A Christmas Carol in Five Staves. » by Charles A. Scott
Synonyms for topper
- apical
- capital
- chief
- crack
- crowning
- culminating
- dominant
- elite
- excellent
- fine
- finest
- first
- first-class
- first-rate
- five-star
- foremost
- greatest
- head
- lead
- leading
- loftiest
- maximal
- maximum
- outside
- paramount
- preeminent
- primary
- prime
- principal
- ruling
- sovereign
- superior
- supreme
- tiptop
- top-drawer
- top-notch
- topmost
- upper
- uppermost
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