Antonyms for first-rate


Grammar : Adj
Spell : furst-reyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɜrstˈreɪt


Definition of first-rate

  • adj highest quality
Example sentences :
  • He went all over me, taking up a collection, and did first-rate.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1. No. 20, August 13, 1870 » by Various
  • Camped on east side of the sand-hills, with first-rate feed for the horses.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • There is a first-rate hotel close handy, where I sometimes dine.
  • Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
  • He had lost his parents, and was quite by himself, and a first-rate workman.
  • Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
  • Nelson said of him with truth, upon this occasion, that he was a first-rate general.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson » by Robert Southey
  • Ruth will make a first-rate dressmaker, I am told by those who know.
  • Extract from : « The Green Satin Gown » by Laura E. Richards
  • The Ministers of a first-rate Power playing with marked cards!
  • Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
  • I felt that, however bad it was as a play, it was first-rate journalism.
  • Extract from : « The Education of Eric Lane » by Stephen McKenna
  • Now you must regard this as a matter of first-rate importance.
  • Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
  • This is what should happen, and with a first-rate swordsman it does.
  • Extract from : « The Harmsworth Magazine, v. 1, 1898-1899, No. 2 » by Various

Synonyms for first-rate

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