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Top

/tɒp/

The highest or uppermost part of something.

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📖 Definitions of "Top"

noun

1
The highest or uppermost part of something.
"His kite got caught at the top of the tree."
2
A child’s spinning toy; a spinning top.
"The boy was amazed at how long the top would spin."
3
(heading) Someone who is eminent.
4
(BDSM) A dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.

verb

1
To cover on the top or with a top.
"I like my ice cream topped with chocolate sauce."
2
To cut or remove the top (as of a tree)
"I don't want to be bald, so just top my hair."
3
To excel, to surpass, to beat.
"Titanic was the most successful film ever until it was topped by another Cameron film, Avatar."
4
To be in the lead, to be at number one position (of).
"Celine Dion topped the UK music charts twice in the 1990s."

adjective

1
Situated on the top of something.
2
Best; of the highest quality or rank.
"She's in the top dance school."
3
Very good, of high quality, power, or rank.
"He's a top lawyer."

adverb

1
Rated first.
"She came top in her French exam."

🔄 Synonyms of "Top"

30 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
clearverb	Transparent in colour.
crestnoun	The summit of a hill or mountain ridge.
headnoun	(countable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
passverb	To change place.
coververb	A lid.
pinnaclenoun	The highest point.
crownnoun	(clothing, monarchy) A royal, imperial or princely headdress; a diadem.
superlativenoun	(figuratively) Exceptionally good; of the highest quality.
transcendverb	(transitive) To pass beyond the limits of something.
peaknoun	The highest value reached by some quantity in a time period.
pinchnoun	To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
elevationnoun	The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.
tipnoun	The extreme end of something, especially when pointed; e.g. the sharp end of a pencil.
firstnoun	Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest.
exceedverb	(transitive) To go beyond (some limit); to surpass; to be longer than.
maximumnoun	The highest limit.
overstepverb	(transitive) To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.
upsidenoun	The highest or uppermost side or portion of something.
maximalnoun	Largest, greatest (in magnitude), highest, most.
greatest	a greatest hits album by the English pop rock band Duran Duran, released in 1998.
whirligignoun	Anything that whirls or spins around, such as a toy top or a merry-go-round.
teetotumnoun	(historical) A toy (spinning top) similar to a dreidel.
big topnoun	A circus tent, especially the largest in a given circus, where the central attractions take place.
spinning topnoun	A toy with a tapering point that can be made to spin on its axis, either with a built-in pump-action handle, with the fingers or with a string.
round topnoun	Alternative form of round-top. [(nautical) A platform at the top of a ship's mast.]

↔️ Antonyms of "Top"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
bottomnoun	The lowest part of anything.
bottom of the inningnoun	the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Top"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
upper sidenoun	The uppermost side of anything
upsidenoun	The highest or uppermost side or portion of something.
elevationnoun	The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.
uppermost	At or nearest the top of something.
heightnoun	The distance from the base to the top of something.
pinnaclenoun	The highest point.
peaknoun	The highest value reached by some quantity in a time period.
uppernoun	At a higher level, rank or position.
topmost	At or nearest to the top; uppermost; being the very highest.
foremostnoun	Of the highest rank or position; of the greatest importance; of the highest priority.
acmenoun	A high point: the highest point of any range, the most developed stage of any process, or the culmination of any field or historical period.
upmost	Uppermost.
passverb	To change place.
round topnoun	Alternative form of round-top. [(nautical) A platform at the top of a ship's mast.]
go pastverb	To surpass a boundary; to go by a limit.
apicalnoun	Of or connected with the apex.
transcendverb	(transitive) To pass beyond the limits of something.
clearverb	Transparent in colour.
exceedverb	(transitive) To go beyond (some limit); to surpass; to be longer than.
superlativenoun	(figuratively) Exceptionally good; of the highest quality.