finest
Cream of crop
Finest is the superlative of fine—the best, highest quality, or most excellent among a group: the finest wines, one of the city's finest restaurants.
With a possessive, it often means best effort or work: This painting represents the artist's finest.
New York's finest refers to the city's police department, a usage that extends to other cities' forces, sometimes ironically.
Highest in quality
- topUppermost part or surface
- supremeHighest in authority
- paramountOf supreme significance
- pinnacleUtmost summit or spire
optimal · preeminent · foremost · leading · unrivaled · peerless · matchless · incomparable
Skill in making objects
- excellenceOutstanding quality or merit
- caliberBore diameter or quality
- gradeClassification by rank
- standardLevel of quality accepted
purity · precision · workmanship · authenticity · durability · reliability · flawless · impeccable
Highest quality available
- selectCarefully pick from options
- choiceAct of selecting
- primeReadying for action
- vintageQuality from past eras
reserve · handpicked · small-batch · signature · boutique · gourmet · artisanal · craft
Smooth, refined, accomplished
- elegantGracefully refined, tasteful
- sophisticatedWorldly and cultured
- cultivatedImproved through nurture
- tastefulAesthetically appropriate and pleasing
discerning · urbane · genteel · cultured · graceful · distinguished · exquisite · subtle
Showy, abundant prosperity
- extravaganceExcessive, wasteful spending
- lavishnessExcessive richness or abundance
- indulgenceYielding to desire
- decadenceMoral decline through excess
plushness · grandeur · magnificence · sumptuousness · elegance · affluence · high-end · upscale
Those holding authority
- constablesLow-ranking peace officers
- law-enforcementMaintaining legal order
- patrolmenOfficers who walk beats
- precinctAdministrative jurisdiction zone
badge · uniform · squad · force · department · blue · protectors · peacekeepers
best
Highest in quality
pinnacle · optimal · preeminent · foremost · leading · unrivaled · peerless · matchless · incomparable · unsurpassed
craftsmanship
Skill in making objects
- excellenceOutstanding quality or merit
- caliberBore diameter or quality
- gradeClassification by rank
standard · purity · precision · workmanship · authenticity · durability · reliability · flawless · impeccable · pristine
top-shelf
Highest quality available
vintage · reserve · handpicked · small-batch · signature · boutique · gourmet · artisanal · craft · curated
polished
Smooth, refined, accomplished
- elegantGracefully refined, tasteful
- sophisticatedWorldly and cultured
- cultivatedImproved through nurture
tasteful · discerning · urbane · genteel · cultured · graceful · distinguished · exquisite · subtle · nuanced
opulence
Showy, abundant prosperity
- extravaganceExcessive, wasteful spending
- lavishnessExcessive richness or abundance
- indulgenceYielding to desire
decadence · plushness · grandeur · magnificence · sumptuousness · elegance · affluence · high-end · upscale · deluxe
officers
Those holding authority
- constablesLow-ranking peace officers
- law-enforcementMaintaining legal order
- patrolmenOfficers who walk beats
precinct · badge · uniform · squad · force · department · blue · protectors · peacekeepers
- top tierelite, premier, premium, prime, best
- superlativesexcellent, superb, best, outstanding, supreme
- eliteelite, elites, aristocrats, nobility, best
- excellenceexcellence, greatness, superior, perfection, premium
- extremesbest, worst, biggest, smallest, highest
- qualityquality, excellence, grade, caliber, superior
- you're fineDismissive comfort phrase
- fine lineSubtle distinction between things
- everything's fineDismissive reassurance phrase
- fine printMiniature contractual text
- age like a fine wineImprove through aging
- fine diningElegant restaurant experience
fine, refined, refine, unrefined, finery, finer, fines, refinement, finely