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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FIRST'-RATE, a.
1. Of the highest excellence; preeminent; as a first-rate scholar or painter.
2. Being of the largest size; as a first-rate ship.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: of the highest quality; "an ace reporter"; "a crack shot"; "a first-rate golfer"; "a super party"; "played top-notch tennis"; "an athlete in tiptop condition"; "she is absolutely tops" [syn: ace, A-one, crack, first-rate, super, tiptop, topnotch, top-notch, tops] adv
1: quite well; "she doesn't feel first-rate today" [syn: first-rate, very well]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Date: 1671 of the first order of size, importance, or quality • first-rateness noun • first-rater noun II. adverb Date: 1844 very well <is getting along first-rate, now — Mark Twain>

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

First-rate First"-rate`, a. Of the highest excellence; pre["e]minent in quality, size, or estimation. Our only first-rate body of contemporary poetry is the German. --M. Arnold. Hermocrates . . . a man of first-rate ability. --Jowett (Thucyd).

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

First-rate First"-rate`, n. (Naut.) A war vessel of the highest grade or the most powerful class.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

also first rate If you say that something or someone is first-rate, you mean that they are extremely good and of the highest quality. People who used his service knew they were dealing with a first-rate professional. = first-class ADJ [approval]

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. Ship of the first class, three-decker. II. a. Of the first class, of the highest order, of the best sort, of the highest grade, first-class (colloq.).

Moby Thesaurus

ace, admirable, crack, excellent, exceptional, extraordinary, fine, first-class, great, high-grade, matchless, outstanding, prime, remarkable, superb, superior, top, top-notch, unparalleled, unsurpassed, wizard