number one

Speech parts

1. number one - Noun

2. number one - Adjective

Meaning

a reference to yourself or myself etc.; `take care of number one' means to put your own interests first

the first element in a countable series

the first or highest in an ordering or series

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

number-one

Synonyms

primo premier primus ceo captain smasher first best top primary capital big wheel big fish champ leader
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Antonyms

chameleon poodle waterman second common low
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Hypernyms

no. ordinal rank self ordinal number

Hyponyms

former

Examples

Success is a journey not a destination. The doing is usually more important than the outcome. Not everyone can be Number One. Arthur Ashe

My number one goal is to love, support and be there for my son. Farrah Fawcett

Hypocrites in the Church? Yes, and in the lodge and at the home. Don't hunt through the Church for a hypocrite. Go home and look in the mirror. Hypocrites? Yes. See that you make the number one less. Billy Sunday

As a child, my number one best friend was the librarian in my grade school. I actually believed all those books belonged to her. Erma Bombeck

Look after number one. Traditional Proverb

Take care of number one. English Proverb

Close letter words and terms

number of times number of working hours number of years number one buddy number one bunny number one enemy