first-class
Highest quality available
First-class describes the highest category or quality in a ranked system.
On planes and trains, first-class seating offers premium accommodations: We upgraded to first-class.
First-class mail receives priority handling.
More broadly, first-class means excellent or superior: a first-class restaurant, first-class work.
In programming, a first-class citizen has full privileges within the language.
Of superior quality
- superiorHigher in rank
- top-notchOf superior quality
- superbExtremely impressive, first-rate
- outstandingExceptionally good or unpaid
exceptional · premium · high-quality · preeminent · peerless · unrivaled · exemplary · impeccable
Notable, for short
- exclusiveLimited to one group
- privilegedHaving special advantages
- aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
- nobilityTitled ruling class
distinguished · prestigious · select · blue-blooded · patrician · gentry · notable · high-ranking
excellent
Of superior quality
outstanding · exceptional · premium · high-quality · preeminent · peerless · unrivaled · exemplary · impeccable · superlative
VIP
Notable, for short
- exclusiveLimited to one group
- privilegedHaving special advantages
- aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
nobility · distinguished · prestigious · select · blue-blooded · patrician · gentry · notable · high-ranking · influential
cabin
Simple wooden dwelling
boarding · airline · ticket · compartment · carriage · sleeper · fare · amenities · priority · flatbed
opulent
Ostentatiously wealthy
deluxe · extravagant · upscale · high-end · pampered · indulgent · palatial · posh · swanky · ritzy
- top tierelite, premier, premium, prime, best
- high qualityluxury hotel, fine dining, top-rated, high-end, premium
- superlativesexcellent, superb, best, outstanding, supreme
- travel termsnonstop, direct, airline, one-way, round-trip
- postal termsstamps, zip codes, stamp, stamped, postal codes
- excellenceexcellence, greatness, superior, perfection, premium
first-classsecond-rate
Below acceptable standards
inferior · third-rate · substandard · shoddy · mediocre
first-classeconomy
System of trade and production
coach · steerage · budget · third-class · no-frills
first-classbottom-tier
Worst category or ranking
second-class · last · lowest · third-class · worst
first, class, classical, classic, classy, classified, classify, first-rate, classics