primest

Of highest quality

Primest is the superlative form of prime, meaning most excellent or of the highest quality.

The word is uncommon because prime already suggests a peak or optimal state that resists further gradation—something is either prime or it isn't.

When it does appear, it often sounds deliberately emphatic or playful: Only the primest cuts of beef for this recipe.

peak

pinnacle

Utmost summit or spire

  • apexUppermost point or culmination
  • zenithPoint straight overhead
  • acmeUltimate point of attainment

summit · climax · culmination · heyday · bloom · flourishing · height · ripest · readiest

excellence

finest

Superlative in quality

exceptional · premium · select · elite · top-quality · first-rate · superlative · optimal · paramount · preeminent

meat

USDA

Federal agriculture bureau

ribeye · sirloin · filet · beef · steak · quality · choice · select · butcher · aged

mathematics

indivisible

Unable to be divided

Eratosthenes · Fermat · Euler · cryptography · sequence · distribution · theorem · conjecture

Opposites
quality/excellence

primestworst

Superlative of inferior

poorest · lowest · shoddiest · inferior · cheapest

importance/priority

primestleast

Smallest in degree

secondary · last · tertiary · subordinate · minor

condition/state

primestworst

Superlative of inferior

rottenest · stalest · overripe · withered · poorest

Phrases
Family

prime, primer, primed, primes, primers, primely, primeness

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G