grade A
Best quality designation
Grade A indicates top quality or highest classification.
The term originates from grading systems—meat, eggs, and dairy products receive letter grades based on quality standards.
Extended to anything deemed excellent or first-rate: grade A beef, a grade A performance, grade A bullshit.
The hyphenated form works as a modifier: a grade-A student.
- premiumAdded cost for better
- top shelfFinest available quality
- top-notchOf superior quality
- excellentOf superior quality
- superiorHigher in rank
first-class · top tier · gold standard · choice · prime · prime cut · quality · finest · extra virgin · maple syrup · A+ · straight A's · honor roll · honor student · high marks · report card · beef · eggs
- ratingsA rating, rating, one star, five stars, rating scale
- food gradesUSDA prime, fancy, prime beef, choice beef, extra virgin
- quality grades
- seed traitsseed coat, viability, vigor, dormancy, germination
- qualityquality, excellence, caliber, superior, superiority
- ranking systemstop secret, secret, confidential, unclassified, restricted
grade Afailing grade
Unsatisfactory academic mark
grade D · substandard · grade C · bottom-tier · second-rate
grade Asecond-rate
Below acceptable standards
inferior · substandard · low-quality · poor quality · defective
grade Arejected
Refused or turned away
unacceptable · defective · flawed · unsatisfactory · unfit
- first gradeOpening elementary year
- fifth gradeSchool year for ten-year-olds
- second gradeElementary school's third year
- fourth gradeElementary school's middle year
- sixth gradeAcademic year for eleven-year-olds
- third gradeSchool year for eight-year-olds
grade, graded, grades, grader, degrade, degraded, upgrade, upgraded, downgrade