top of the line
Best you'll find
Top of the line describes the best or highest quality in a product category—the premium model with the most features, finest materials, or superior performance.
They bought the top-of-the-line refrigerator.
The phrase comes from manufacturing, where product lines range from basic to luxury.
Often hyphenated when used as an adjective before a noun: a top-of-the-line stereo system.
- five-starHighest excellence rating
- top notchOf the highest caliber
- high-endPremium quality tier
- bestHighest in quality
- best in classHighest quality among peers
premium · top shelf · deluxe · superior · top tier · peerless · second to none · pinnacle · elite · upper echelon · excellent · luxury · zenith · unmatched · best of the best · bespoke · apex · masterpiece
- excellenceexcellence, greatness, superior, perfection, premium
- top tierelite, premier, premium, prime, best
- superlativesexcellent, superb, best, outstanding, supreme
top of the linebottom of the barrel
Worst of what remains
bottom of the line · bottom-tier · inferior · shoddy · substandard
top of the linebottom of the line
Lowest-grade merchandise available
entry-level · base model · stripped-down · standard issue · baseline
line, lines, lined, outline, lining, topped, underline, topping, headline