at worst

1. 1.

   under the worst of conditions

   “at worst we'll go to jail”

   Synonymsat the worst

   Antonymsat best

Questions about at worst

What does at worst mean?

at worst means "under the worst of conditions".

What is another word for at worst?

Close synonyms include at the worst. 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 worst?

The recorded antonyms are at best.

Is at worst a common word?

at worst 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.