Need another word that means the same as “optimum”? Find 21 synonyms and 30 related words for “optimum” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Optimum” are: optimal, best, most favourable, most advantageous, most appropriate, ideal, perfect, prime, model, peak, pinnacle, zenith, highest point, high point, crown, crest, summit, top, tip, apex, apogee
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “optimum” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| apex | The point in turning a corner when the vehicle is closest to the edge of the track. The central bank is at the apex of the financial system. |
| apogee | The point in the orbit of the moon or a satellite at which it is furthest from the earth. A film which was the apogee of German expressionist cinema. |
| crest | The curling foamy top of a wave. Biopsy specimens of the iliac crest were obtained under local anaesthesia. |
| crown | Dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth. Mulch should be mounded around the crowns of the shrubs. |
| high point | A public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12. |
| highest point | A public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12. |
| peak | The pointed top of a mountain. He was at his peak as a cricketer. |
| pinnacle | The most successful point; the culmination. Catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame. |
| summit | The highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development. The dramas are considered to form one of the summits of world literature. |
| tip | The pointed or rounded end or extremity of something slender or tapering. The northern tip of Scotland. |
| top | Covering for a hole especially a hole in the top of a container. The springy turf of the clifftop. |
| zenith | The time at which something is most powerful or successful. In 1977 punk was at its zenith. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “optimum” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| best | (superlative of `good’) having the most positive qualities. Some of the best times of my life. |
| ideal | Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence embodying an ideal. A poem or essay may be typical of its period in idea or ideal content. |
| model | Worthy of imitation. Model citizens. |
| most advantageous | The superlative of `much’ that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by `the’; a quantifier meaning the greatest in amount or extent or degree. |
| most appropriate | Quantifier meaning the greatest in number. |
| most favourable | Quantifier meaning the greatest in number. |
| optimal | Most desirable possible under a restriction expressed or implied. Optimal concentration of a drug. |
| perfect | Of a tense denoting a completed action or a state or habitual action which began in the past The perfect tense is formed in English with have or has and the past participle as in they have eaten and they have been eating present perfect they had eaten past perfect and they will have eaten future perfect. With a little help you can create a room that is perfect for you. |
| prime | Most suitable or likely. Prime mover. |
| best | The supreme effort one can make. The things we do best. |
| better | Comparative of good changed for the better in health or fitness. I feel better. |
| choice | One of a number of things from which only one can be chosen. I had to do it I had no choice. |
| developed | Advanced or elaborated to a specified degree. Condominiums were built on the developed site. |
| developing | Denoting or relating to the process of treating a photographic film with chemicals to make a visible image. A developing tank. |
| forefront | The leading or most important position or place. He was in the forefront. |
| forego | Lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime. |
| foremost | Most prominent in rank, importance, or position. One of the foremost art collectors of his day. |
| front | Of or at the front. The front cover of the magazine. |
| heyday | The period of greatest prosperity or productivity. The paper has lost millions of readers since its heyday in 1964. |
| ideal | Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence embodying an ideal. In an ideal world we might have made a different decision. |
| improve | To make better. They are trying to improve on the tired old style. |
| incomparable | Unable to be compared; totally different. The incomparable beauty of Venice. |
| main | Capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence. The camcorder can be run directly off the mains. |
| maximum | A maximum permitted custodial sentence for an offence. Production levels are near their maximum. |
| optimal | Best or most favourable; optimum. Seeking the optimal solution. |
| optimize | Make the best or most effective use of (a situation or resource. We manage our time so that we optimize our productivity. |
| paramount | More important than anything else; supreme. A paramount chief. |
| predetermine | Cause to be biased. A strong sense that life had been predetermined. |
| preferable | More desirable than another. Coffee is preferable to tea. |
| premier | Be performed for the first time. An architect of premier rank. |
| principal | An actor who plays a principal role. The country s principal cities. |
| reelect | Elect again. |
| superb | Used in names of birds with attractive or colourful plumage e g superb lyrebird. A superb actor. |
| superbly | Extremely well. The team played superbly. |
| superior | A person superior to another in rank or status especially a colleague in a higher position. Mars and Jupiter are the closest in of the superior planets. |
| superlative | The superlative form of an adjective or adverb. The critics ran out of superlatives to describe him. |
| supreme | A dish served in a supreme sauce. A supreme tribunal. |
| unmatched | Eminent beyond or above comparison. Infamy unmatched in the Western world. |
| unsurpassed | Not capable of being improved on. The quality of workmanship is unsurpassed. |
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