ace

1. 1.

   succeed at easily

   “She sailed through her exams”

   “You will pass with flying colors”

   “She nailed her astrophysics course”

   Synonymsbreeze throughpass with flying colorssweep throughsail throughnail

   Broaderpass
2. 2.

   score an ace against

   “He aced his opponents”

   Broaderscore
3. 3.

   play (a hole) in one stroke

   Broaderplay

   golf

4. 4.

   serve an ace against (someone)

   Broaderserve

   tennis

1. 1.

   of the highest quality

   “an ace reporter”

   “a crack shot”

   “a first-rate golfer”

   “a super party”

   “played top-notch tennis”

   “an athlete in tiptop condition”

   “she is absolutely tops”

   SynonymsA-onecrackfirst-ratesupertiptoptopnotchtop-notchtops

   Similarsuperior

   colloquialism

Other forms of ace

plural

aces·

past tense

aced·

present participle

acing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ace

What does ace mean?

ace means "the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number". That is the primary sense; the word has 11 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ace?

ace has 1 syllable: ace. In IPA it is /ˈeɪs/.

What is another word for ace?

Close synonyms include one, 1, I, single, unity. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ace a common word?

ace is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with ace?

1 word rhymes with ace. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.