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best-read

best-read is the superlative form of well-read.

Meaning of well-read

Adjective

well-read (comparative better-read or more well-read, superlative best-read or most well-read)

  1. Well informed and knowledgeable through having read extensively.
    • You've been through all of F. Scott Fitzgerald's books
      You are very well-read
      It's well known1965, Bob Dylan, “Ballad of a Thin Man”, in Highway 61 Revisited

Questions about best-read

What is best-read the superlative form of?
Best-read is the superlative form of well-read.

Words near best-read in the dictionary

  1. best-ofs
  2. best-organized
  3. best-paid
  4. best-placed
  5. best-preserved
  6. best-read
  7. best-run
  8. best-seller
  9. best-sellers
  10. best-selling
  11. best-timed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: best-read (page history and authors); well-read (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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