Word PRIME: meanings, synonyms & antonyms

prime

🇺🇸 [praɪm]

Meanings

Referring to the best, most important, or most productive state. Prime often implies the peak or optimal condition of something, such as prime real estate or the prime of life. It can also refer to a prime number in mathematics, which is divisible only by 1 and itself.

Examples

• He is in the prime of his career.
• The restaurant is known for its prime cuts of beef.
• She bought a prime piece of land near the beach.

Synonyms

optimal • best • top

Antonyms

worst • inferior • substandard