top sawyer

noun

Roget 700: proficient, expert, adept, dab; dabster^†, crackerjack; connoisseur etc. (scholar) 492; master, master hand; prima donna [Sp.], first fiddle, top gun, chef de cuisine, top sawyer; protagonist; past master; mahatma.    picked man; medallist, prizeman^†.    veteran; old stager, old campaigner, old soldier, old file, old hand; man of business, man of the world.    nice hand, good hand, clean hand; practiced hand, experienced eye, experienced hand; marksman; good shot, dead shot, crack shot; ropedancer, funambulist^†, acrobat; cunning man; conjuror etc. (deceiver) 548; wizard etc. 994.    genius; mastermind, master head, master spirit.    cunning blade, sharp blade, sharp fellow; jobber; cracksman etc. (thief) 792^†; politician, tactician, strategist.    pantologist^†, admirable Crichton, Jack of all trades; prodigy of learning.    ... show more

Roget 642: importance, consequence, moment, prominence, consideration, mark, materialness.    import, significance, concern; emphasis, interest.    greatness etc. 31; superiority etc. 33; notability etc. (repute) 873; weight etc. (influence) 175; value etc. (goodness) 648; usefulness etc. 644.    gravity, seriousness, solemnity; no joke, no laughing matter; pressure, urgency, stress; matter of life and death.    memorabilia, notabilia^†, great doings; red-letter day.    great thing, great point; main chance, the be all and the end all" [Macbeth]; cardinal point; substance, gist etc. (essence) 5; sum and substance, gravamen, head and front; important part, principal part, prominent part, essential part; half the battle; sine qua non; breath of one's nostrils etc. (life) 359; cream, salt, core, kernel, heart, nucleus; keynote, keystone; corner stone; trump card etc. (device) 626; salient points.    top sawyer, first fiddle, prima donna [Sp.], chief; triton among the minnows; 'it' [U.S.].   " ... show more

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