Synonyms for tops


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : tops
Phonetic Transcription : tÉ’ps

Top 10 synonyms for tops Other synonyms for the word tops

Définition of tops

Origin :
  • "the best," 1935, from top (n.1).
  • noun highest point
  • noun highest rank
  • verb place on or reach highest part
  • verb surpass
  • verb remove the upper part
Example sentences :
  • Now—there stood the wall, there stood the ash-trees and their tops were waving to and fro.
  • Extract from : « What Sami Sings with the Birds » by Johanna Spyri
  • Her tops, like those of all the enemy's ships, were filled with riflemen.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson » by Robert Southey
  • Already has not its aurora brightened the tops of my snow-covered mountains?
  • Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
  • The peasantry used to eat its tops as greens, and cook the roots in stews.
  • Extract from : « The Mayflower, January, 1905 » by Various
  • Some, who were finishing their lunch, got on the tops of their tubs.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • Gather the largest green gooseberries of the walnut kind, and slit the tops into four quarters, leaving the stalk end whole.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • The tops of the felled trees should point downhill as much as possible.
  • Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay
  • Clean the tops, bottoms and sides of the connectors with a wire brush, Figure 143.
  • Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
  • Use enough to fill the case just over the tops of the jars, Fig. 230.
  • Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
  • The post must, of course, be perpendicular to the tops of the plates.
  • Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte

Antonyms for tops

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