top rank
First among all
Top rank refers to the highest level or position within a hierarchy or classification system.
Something of top rank is among the best or most important in its category: a top-rank university, athletes of top rank.
The phrase emphasizes elite status or superior quality, often used attributively with a hyphen: a top-rank scientist.
- eliteSuperior select group
- pinnacleUtmost summit or spire
- apexUppermost point or culmination
- summitPeak or diplomatic gathering
- cream of the cropThe very best
premier · supreme · first · first place · champion · numero uno · leader · highest · chief · superior · dominant · prestige · excellence · crown · throne · commanding · preeminent · zenith
- topapex, peak, summit, pinnacle, zenith
- dominancedominance, dominant, supremacy, superiority, ascendancy
- rankingsfirst, second, third, ratings, bronze
- rankstier one, tier two, upper echelon, level one, level two
- standingsleaderboard, league table, ladder, seeding, placement
- top tierelite, premier, premium, prime, best
top rankbottom rung
Lowest position on hierarchy
last place · rock bottom · basement level · dead last · the bottom
top rankbottom of the barrel
Worst of what remains
low status · second-rate · third-rate · low-grade · substandard
top rankno standing
Prohibition against stopping
obscurity · low status · disrepute · ignominy · anonymity
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