top five
Highest ranked group
Top five refers to a ranking of the five best or most significant items in a category: What's your top five movies of all time?
The phrase is common in casual conversation as a way to prompt opinions or settle debates.
It functions as both noun and adjective: She made my top five, a top-five draft pick.
The number is flexible—top ten, top three, top twenty—but five hits a sweet spot between too few and too many.
- rankingOrdered position assignment
- bestHighest in quality
- number oneFirst in rank
- listSequence of recorded items
- best ofTop selections compiled
countdown · favorites · fan favorites · leaderboard · chart · A list · elite · hall of fame · winners · picks · selection · highest · ultimate · premier · choice · ranked · finalists · shortlist
- chart termsnumber one, debut, peak, drop, climb
- pageantsbeauty pageant, beauty pageants, beauty queen, beauty queens, contestant
- rankingsrankings, first, college rankings, second, third
- bodybuildingbodybuilding, muscle, bodybuilders, Mr. Olympia, posing
- cross countryrunner, race, meet, course, spikes
- candidatescandidate, candidates, nominee, nominees, contender
top fivecellar dwellers
Chronic last-place finishers
bottom of the barrel · tail end · bringing up the rear · last place · also-rans
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