top flight

noun

1. the highest or most outstanding level, as in achievement or development:

   students in the top flight of their class.

top-flight

adjective

1. of superior or excellent quality; outstanding

Other Words From

• topflight top-flight adjective
• topflighter top-flighter noun

Example Sentences

Beerschot subsequently earned promotion to the top flight and currently is seventh in the 18-team league with a 9-8-3 record.

From Washington Post

The Republicans now have more top-flight minority candidates than the Democrats.

From The Daily Beast

But the question is: how much top-flight talent can they recruit if Greenwald remains the organization's apparent front man?

From The Daily Beast

It is hoped that Badar will now be able to get a job in a top flight hotel in India.

From The Daily Beast

With former Kansas City Mayor Carol Marinovich balking, the Democrats are left searching for a top-flight candidate for the seat.

From The Daily Beast

I may not be a top-flight genius like Metternick or Dahl, but my reputation does carry some weight with the Board.

From Project Gutenberg

Dave Turnbull, like any really top-flight investigator, had developed intuitive thinking to a fine art.

From Project Gutenberg

Some of the guests, who had not heard distinctly on which floor the kidnappers had found the children, climbed to the top flight.

From Project Gutenberg

The ball rises over his head, hovers an instant at top flight, or seems to; then shoots forward between the goal posts.

From Project Gutenberg

Do you think I'm to be at the beck and call of top-flight lodgers, who only pay five shillings a-week, and that not regular.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• excellent
• top-level