Synonyms for greatest
great·est

Princeton's WordNetRate this antonym:4.8 / 4 votes

1. greatest, sterling(a), superlativeadjective

   highest in quality

   Antonyms:
   inferior

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1. lucyadjective

   lucy can be used as a synonym for best, or greatest

   she is the lucy!!

   Submitted by lucyskipwith on September 23, 2021  

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:3.4 / 10 votes

1. greatestadjective

   Synonyms:
   supreme, superlative, utmost, maximum

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:5.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "greatest":

   largest, biggest, greater, larger, highest, utmost, most, more, best, bigger, worst, strongest, higher, maximum, increased, major, widest, gravest, main

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How to use greatest in a sentence?

1. Eric Hoffer:

   Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there.

2. Stephen Ambrose:

   During the Second World War, the Germans took four years to build the Atlantic Wall. On four beaches it held up the Allies for about an hour at Omaha it held up the U.S. for less than one day. The Atlantic Wall must therefore be regarded as one of the greatest blunders in military history.

3. T. S. Eliot:

   The last temptation is the greatest treason to do the right deed for the wrong reason.

4. Denis Doughlin:

   Floyd’s one of the greatest in the world -- but I didn't think that he was going to train intensely for this. But now they’ve p — ed him off now, so he’s turning it up. What I saw today from Floyd was very impressive.

5. Jeb Bush:

   I'm sick and tired of him going after my family, my dad is the greatest man alive in my mind. While Donald Trump was building a reality TV show, my brother was building a security apparatus to keep us safe. And I'm proud of what Donald Trump did.