top grade
Best possible score
Top grade means the highest quality or rank within a classification system.
The phrase appears in contexts ranging from agricultural products to academic performance: top grade beef, She earned top grades in all her subjects.
As a modifier, it emphasizes excellence: top-grade materials, a top-grade performance.
- premiumAdded cost for better
- eliteSuperior select group
- finestSuperlative in quality
- superiorHigher in rank
- cream of the cropThe very best
prime · excellent · first-rate · A-plus · choice · select · cream · best · best in class · stellar · exceptional · quality · deluxe · supreme · gold-standard · five-star · blue ribbon · ace
- top tierelite, premier, premium, prime, best
- qualityquality, excellence, caliber, superior, superiority
- quality grades
top gradefailing grade
Unsatisfactory academic mark
F · poor grade · D · fail · unsatisfactory
top gradepoor quality
Below acceptable standards
substandard · second-rate · low-grade · third-rate · bottom-tier
top gradeentry level
For those starting out
base level · bottom of the barrel · rock bottom · last place
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