top flight
Cream of crop
Top flight means the highest level or rank.
In British English, top flight commonly refers to the premier division in sports leagues: a top-flight footballer.
More broadly, top-flight describes anything of the highest quality or caliber: top-flight research, a top-flight law firm.
Usually hyphenated when used as an adjective before a noun.
- winAchieve victory
- excellentOf superior quality
- eliteSuperior select group
- A listPremier invitee group
- championTop competitor, or advocate
first division · first-rate · best in class · upper echelon · upper crust · prime · world-class · match · superior · zenith · eminent · cream of the crop · grade A · pinnacle · apex · illustrious · foremost · big league
- competition levelselite tier, mid tier, lower tier, upper tier, low tier
- excellenceexcellence, greatness, superior, perfection, premium
- football leaguesPremier League, National League, Bundesliga, La Liga, first division
- sports leaguesNFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, WNBA
top flightbottom-tier
Worst category or ranking
inferior · second-rate · low-grade · third-rate · substandard
top flightrelegation zone
League table's danger area
minor league · bush league · second division · lower tier · non-league
top flightbottom rung
Lowest position on hierarchy
bottom of the barrel · rock bottom · basement level · entry-level · last place
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