at best

1. 1.

   under the best of conditions

   “at best we'll lose only the money”

   Synonymsat the best

   Antonymsat worst

Questions about at best

What does at best mean?

at best means "under the best of conditions".

What is another word for at best?

Close synonyms include at the best. 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.

What is the opposite of at best?

The recorded antonyms are at worst.

Is at best a common word?

at best is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.