firstest

Superlative of first

Firstest is a playful or childish superlative of first, used humorously or emphatically despite being grammatically redundant—first already indicates the extreme position in a sequence.

It appears in phrases like firstest with the mostest, meaning to arrive earliest with the most resources, or in children's speech: I was firstest!

nonstandard

superlative

Highest-degree word form

childishImmature in manner
playfulInclined toward fun
humorousCausing amusement or laughter

informal · emphatic · exaggeration · slang · colloquial · whimsical · coined · irregular · ungrammatical · creative

Opposites

ordinal position (playful/non-standard)

firstestlast

Final in sequence

endmost · hindmost · dead last · final · rearmost

grammatical correctness

firstestfirst

Position number one

foremost · earliest · primary · initial · premier

Family

first, foremost, pristine, first-rate, firstly, firsthand, first-class, firstborn, firsts

Familiarity: Top 1,000,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G