top-notch
Of highest caliber
Top-notch means excellent or of the highest quality: top-notch service, a top-notch restaurant.
The image is of the highest notch on a measuring stick.
The term is informal but common in both speech and writing: Her credentials are top-notch.
Of superior quality
- superbExtremely impressive, first-rate
- stellarOf or like celestial bodies
- exceptionalNotably above the norm
- excellentOf superior quality
outstanding · superior · premium · high-quality · impeccable · flawless · superlative · unmatched
Premium quality tier
- upscaleElegant and expensive
- luxuriousMarked by costly elegance
- exclusiveLimited to one group
- refinedPurified or cultured
sophisticated · premium · deluxe · gourmet · artisanal · bespoke · elite · prestige
Serving as ideal model
- benchmarkStandard for comparison
- gold-standardIdeal reference point
- paragonFlawless model to emulate
- modelRepresentation or paradigm
ideal · criterion · touchstone · yardstick · hallmark · epitome · archetype · prototype
Guiding or pacing type
- foremostHighest in importance
- preeminentSuperior to all others
- paramountOf supreme significance
- dominantHaving superior influence
flagship · vanguard · trailblazer · frontrunner · pacesetter · trendsetter · pioneer · groundbreaking
first-rate
Of superior quality
- superbExtremely impressive, first-rate
- stellarOf or like celestial bodies
- exceptionalNotably above the norm
excellent · outstanding · superior · premium · high-quality · impeccable · flawless · superlative · unmatched · peerless
high-end
Premium quality tier
refined · sophisticated · premium · deluxe · gourmet · artisanal · bespoke · elite · prestige · five-star
exemplary
Serving as ideal model
- benchmarkStandard for comparison
- gold-standardIdeal reference point
- paragonFlawless model to emulate
model · ideal · criterion · touchstone · yardstick · hallmark · epitome · archetype · prototype · template
leading
Guiding or pacing type
- foremostHighest in importance
- preeminentSuperior to all others
- paramountOf supreme significance
dominant · flagship · vanguard · trailblazer · frontrunner · pacesetter · trendsetter · pioneer · groundbreaking · cutting-edge
- excellenceexcellence, greatness, superior, perfection, premium
- top tierelite, premier, premium, prime, best
- superlativesexcellent, superb, best, outstanding, supreme
- positive wordsyes, good, great, excellent, wonderful
- above averageexcellent, superior, exceptional, outstanding, remarkable
- hyphenated wordsup-to-date, pitch-black, jaw-dropping, round-the-clock, air-conditioned