bar none
No one excluded
Bar none means without exception—no one or nothing excluded.
It emphasizes that a claim applies absolutely, with no competitors or alternatives worth considering: She's the best teacher I ever had, bar none.
This is the worst movie of the year, bar none.
The phrase typically follows and reinforces a superlative.
- without exceptionTrue for all cases
- no questionComplete certainty expressed
- second to noneUnsurpassed in quality
- beyond compareLacking any peer
- incomparableWithout equal or rival
far and away · by a long shot · unmatched · unequivocally · without a doubt · supreme · unsurpassed · hands down · indisputably · epitome · preeminent · unparalleled · in every way · across the board · outright · every last · the whole nine yards · peerless
- completenesscomplete, completely, entire, totally, total
- superlativesexcellent, superb, best, outstanding, supreme
- restrictorsonly, just, merely, solely, exclusively
- Standards & Benchmarksbenchmark, yardstick, gold standard, litmus test, acid test
bar nonesave for
Excluding from consideration
except for · not counting · for the most part · almost all · mostly
bar nonearguably
Open to debate
perhaps · possibly · debatably · questionably · maybe
bar nonefor the most part
Generally, not entirely
generally speaking · mostly · by and large · on the whole · in general
bar, bars, barred, barring, sidebar, sandbar, crowbar, salad bar, unbarred