Primo
What it means
Excellent or belonging to the best available grade.
Reach for it when offering emphatic informal praise for quality or selection
The café saved its primo beans for the annual growers' tasting.
Words to choose between 6
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playful
Suits quick enthusiastic approval in highly informal British speech
Careful Ace is slang and can describe a skilled person rather than a product.
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playful
Suits high quality expressed in relaxed contemporary speech
Careful Top-notch remains informal and gives no objective basis for the ranking.
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warm
Fits when excellent quality deserves confident but familiar praise
Careful First-rate is more neutral and lacks primo's slangy enthusiasm.
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professional
A-grade
Fits when where a recognized grading scheme supports the top classification
Careful A-grade is inaccurate when no such formal grade exists.
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formal
Fits when careful selection identifies one of the best items
Careful Choice has a restrained, sometimes old-fashioned tone.
Opposites 3
- inferior
- second-rate
- substandard
Common phrases 3
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primo quality
The workshop became known for primo quality at a fair repair price.
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primo spot
A sheltered corner gave the seedlings a primo spot for early growth.
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primo selection
The record shop displayed a primo selection of local jazz.
Definitions and examples are written for this site. How words are chosen Recording: Paul2520, American accent, from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Updated