Word.ws English Dictionary

first-rater

first-rater noun: a person or thing that is first-rate; a fine example of its kind.

Noun

first-rater (plural first-raters)

  1. (colloquial) A person or thing that is first-rate; a fine example of its kind.

Forms of first-rater

pluralfirst-raters

Origin of first-rater

From first-rate + -er.

Questions about first-rater

What does first-rater mean?
First-rater means a person or thing that is first-rate; a fine example of its kind.
What part of speech is first-rater?
First-rater is a noun.
What is the plural of first-rater?
The plural of first-rater is first-raters.

Words near first-rater in the dictionary

  1. first-person singular
  2. first-person singulars
  3. first-personal
  4. first-rate
  5. first-rateness
  6. first-rater
  7. first-raters
  8. first-rates
  9. first-run
  10. first-sale doctrine
  11. first-string

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: first-rater (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “first-rater.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/first-rater. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.