world-beater

Examples

• All

• They're not world-beaters on that side of the ball or anything, but the Rebels rank sixth in the SEC in total offense and tenth in total defense.

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• Let's face it: The Packers did not exactly play like world-beaters Thursday -- aside from Clay Matthews, who had 3.5 sacks on his own and proved unblockable all night, allowing Green Bay to rush just four and sit everyone else in pass coverage.

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• If I have one good day, a good hour, even a single good sentence, I turn into a world-beater, the ice queen.

  Fiction book (1997)

• The youngsters didn't come across as world-beaters, but they held their own.

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• Adding Brandon Marshall was supposed to improve the offense from "middlingly mediocre" to "world-beater."

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• However, like Oregon State, Villanova is far from a world-beater this year, and this is a very winnable game for Bama.

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• These days, it seems all I ever read about in the papers are stories of meta-human thieves, terrorists, and world-beaters and all the havoc they wreak.

  Fiction book (1997)

• Is it so hard to imagine that if Redman and Dwyer can look like world beaters with this O-line group, that Mendenhall may rise to a completely different level?

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• The athlete proved to be a real world-beater by winning the gold medal at the Olympics.

• Her innovative ideas made her a world-beater in the technology industry.

Synonyms

P

powerhouse

vsworld-beater

57 4.5

A person, team, or organization that is very successful and able to influence others

emphasizes exceptional quality rather than broad power or influence

W

whiz

vsworld-beater

• Informal

43 7.3

A person who is very skilled at something like math or computers

covers broad exceptional success beyond one skill or field

R

record-holder

vsworld-beater

12 3.2

A person or organization that officially has the best result in an event

is a general extreme success, not limited to official records

T

topper

vsworld-beater

• Indian

7 6.7

A person who is best in a group or class

is extremely successful in general rather than only holding the highest position

D

dinger

vsworld-beater

• Slang

5 8.6

A person or thing that is unusually good

is the more neutral term for being far better than others

G

gangbuster

vsworld-beater

• Informal

2 6.7

A person or thing that is very successful and impressive

is similar but more neutral about how the success appears

T

top-notcher

vsworld-beater

• Philippine

1 8.2

A person who is among the best in a field

is broader, meaning extreme success rather than specific high ranking

S

smasher

vsworld-beater

• Archaic

1 6.5

A very big success, like a popular film

describes extreme success more generally rather than one standout event

T

triumphator

vsworld-beater

9.9

A person who wins a great victory in a contest

is wider, covering exceptional success beyond contest victories

M

megastar

vsworld-beater

3.8

A person or thing that is very famous and successful, often in entertainment

focuses on extreme success without stressing public fame

W

whizzer

vsworld-beater

• Slang

7.3

Something very fast or impressive

focuses on being the best overall rather than speed or flashiness

S

supercow

vsworld-beater

• Informal

8.2

A person who does a lot of work very well

is the general label for extreme success without informal tone

Antonyms

L

loser

• Offensive

810 4.8

A person who often fails and who others look down on

U

underachiever

11 4.6

A person, often a student, who gets lower grades than they could

How Successful

world-beater

• Informal

1 6.9

champion

600 2.4

contender

152 3.5

average

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology