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illest

illest

1 9.9
Extremely impressive and cool to many people
  • adjective
  • /ˈɪlɪst/
  • Slang
translation icon : increíble
  • She always wears the illest outfits that make her stand out in every crowd.

Examples

  • His new song is absolutely illest and everyone is talking about it.

  • He murked every one of these beats, and confirmed that he is not only the illest emcee in the game, but ever.

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  • That was the illest rhyme I ever seen, son!

  • You just pop on that VR headset, and boom, you're at the illest bar on Earth, hanging with guys like me.

  • That was the illest performance I have ever seen at a concert!

Synonyms

sick
vsillest
  • Slang
198 8.7

Very impressive or exciting

is more slangy and used to show the highest level of praise
insane
vsillest
  • Slang
152 7.9

Very impressive and exciting, like a great show

is used to push intensity further into extreme emphatic praise
baddest
vsillest
  • Slang
30 9.1

A person or thing that seems very cool and tough

is a slangier, more extreme superlative than that term
out of this world
vsillest
  • Informal
21 4.1

Very good and impressive

is a slangier, more intense way to praise than this neutral phrase
ill
vsillest
  • Slang
14 9.8

Very good or impressive in a cool way

is an intensified, superlative slang form expressing extreme praise
sah
vsillest
  • Slang
1 9.9

Very cool and impressive

is used more strongly to mean exceptionally impressive
kool
vsillest
  • Slang
9.3

Very stylish and liked by many people

is stronger slang expressing exceptional impressiveness not just style
bestest
vsillest
  • Informal
8.9

A person or thing someone says is the very best in a playful way

is edgier slang used to praise with extreme intensity

Antonyms

9 3.9

Not very good or likely to attract attention

How Cool

illest
  • Slang
1 9.9
awesome
968 2.1
great
1.0
good
1.0
okay
1.0

Surface Forms

illest positive

Morphology

illest = ill (opaque) = ill + est

Although formed as 'ill' + '-est', the slang meaning 'extremely impressive' involves semantic shift/inversion not predictable from standard meanings, so learners cannot reliably infer it.

Etymology

In slang, illest means 'extremely cool'. This comes from a modern use where negative words like ill or sick are turned into praise, so a helpful way to remember this use of illest is 'the most impressive'.