Meanings
- superlativesuperlative form of fine: most fine
Use the finest sandpaper available.
2 more examples
This is the finest wine you can get here.
From time to time the coaches of the Lötschberg Railway itself, which in comfort and décor can rank with the finest in Europe today, travel far from the frontiers of Switzerland on through workings such as these.
1960 December, Cecil J. Allen, “Operating a mountain main line: the Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 743
- USinformalpluralplural onlyoften preceded by thePolice officers.
Fifty of New York's finest were on hand for security.
Synonyms: city's finest
- USinformalpluralplural onlyMembers of the military.
1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure Told him I'd had a fun time with a sailor & he said, "Oh no! Are you corrupting our country's finest?"
Synonyms & antonyms
nounPolice officers.
Translations
Dutch fijnst
- fijnstsuperlative of fine
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Cite this entry
finest. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/finest
“finest.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/finest. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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