ace

The word “ace” has 1 syllable: ace

It's pronounced as /eɪs/


What is synonym and antonym for ace?

In the thesaurus, “ace” has 243 synonyms and 115 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for ace along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for ace

  • able
  • accomplish
  • accomplished
  • achieve
  • actualize
  • addict
  • adept
  • adroit
  • afficionado
  • aficionado
  • all-around
  • all-round
  • all-rounder
  • artist
  • atom
  • attain
  • authority
  • bit
  • bite
  • brilliant
  • bring about
  • bring off
  • buff
  • capable
  • carry off
  • carry out
  • champion
  • chip
  • clever
  • clipping
  • cognoscente
  • commit
  • compass
  • competent
  • compleat
  • complete
  • connoisseur
  • consultant
  • consummate
  • crack
  • crackajack
  • crackerjack
  • craftsman
  • crumb
  • dab
  • dab hand
  • dash
  • deft
  • devotee
  • dexterous
  • dextrous
  • distinguished
  • do
  • dose
  • dot
  • dram
  • driblet
  • drop
  • drop in the bucket
  • educated
  • effect
  • effective
  • effectual
  • effectuate
  • efficient
  • employable
  • end
  • enthusiast
  • excellent
  • execute
  • experienced
  • expert
  • fan
  • fiend
  • finish
  • first-rate
  • fit
  • fitted
  • flake
  • fleck
  • flyspeck
  • fragment
  • fulfil
  • fulfill
  • geek
  • genius
  • gifted
  • glimmer
  • good
  • grain
  • granule
  • great
  • guru
  • habile
  • hair
  • hairbreadth
  • hairline
  • hairsbreadth
  • hand
  • handful
  • handy
  • hint
  • hired gun
  • hoot
  • hotshot
  • implement
  • inch
  • iota
  • jack-of-all-trades
  • jot
  • journeyman
  • knowledgeable
  • lick
  • little
  • long-term
  • maestro
  • make
  • master
  • masterful
  • masterly
  • maven
  • mavin
  • meister
  • minim
  • minimum
  • mistress
  • mite
  • modicum
  • molecule
  • morsel
  • mote
  • multiskilled
  • multitalented
  • nail
  • neck
  • negotiate
  • nibble
  • nip
  • nubbin
  • old
  • ounce
  • outstanding
  • paring
  • part
  • particle
  • past master
  • patch
  • peanuts
  • perform
  • perpetrate
  • pinch
  • polished
  • portion
  • practice
  • practiced
  • practise
  • practised
  • pro
  • professed
  • professional
  • proficient
  • prosecute
  • pull off
  • put through
  • qualified
  • ray
  • realize
  • reduplicate
  • reenact
  • refined
  • renaissance man
  • repeat
  • scattering
  • scholar
  • schooled
  • scintilla
  • scrap
  • scruple
  • section
  • semblance
  • shade
  • shadow
  • shard
  • shark
  • sharp
  • shaving
  • shiver
  • shot
  • shouting distance
  • shred
  • skilled
  • skillful
  • skosh
  • slick
  • sliver
  • smack
  • smatter
  • smattering
  • smell
  • smidge
  • smidgen
  • smidgeon
  • smidgin
  • smithereens
  • snap
  • spark
  • spatter
  • specialist
  • speck
  • splash
  • splinter
  • spot
  • sprinkling
  • star
  • step
  • strain
  • streak
  • superb
  • sure-handed
  • suspicion
  • syllable
  • tad
  • talented
  • taste
  • tatter
  • taught
  • tittle
  • touch
  • trace
  • trained
  • trifle
  • tutored
  • versed
  • vestige
  • veteran
  • virtuoso
  • well-rounded
  • whit
  • whiz
  • wind up
  • winner
  • wizard
  • workmanlike

Antonyms for ace

  • abundance
  • amateur
  • amateurish
  • apprentice
  • artless
  • awkward
  • barrel
  • beginner
  • beginning
  • boatload
  • bonanza
  • bucket
  • bundle
  • bushel
  • chunk
  • clumsy
  • country mile
  • crude
  • dabbler
  • deal
  • dilettante
  • embarrassment
  • excess
  • fail
  • fistful
  • gobs
  • green
  • ham-fisted
  • ham-handed
  • heaps
  • heavy-handed
  • hunk
  • ignorant
  • incapable
  • incompetent
  • ineffective
  • ineffectual
  • inefficient
  • inept
  • inexperienced
  • inexpert
  • infinity
  • jackleg
  • lashings
  • lashins
  • layman
  • light-year
  • loads
  • long haul
  • lot
  • lump
  • mass
  • mess
  • mile
  • mountain
  • much
  • neophyte
  • new
  • nonexpert
  • nonprofessional
  • novice
  • oodles
  • overabundance
  • overage
  • overflow
  • overkill
  • overmuch
  • oversupply
  • passel
  • peck
  • pile
  • plenty
  • potful
  • primitive
  • profusion
  • quantity
  • raft
  • raw
  • reams
  • rookie
  • rough
  • rude
  • scads
  • skimp
  • slab
  • slight
  • slur
  • stack
  • superabundance
  • superfluity
  • surfeit
  • surplus
  • talentless
  • unable
  • unfit
  • unfitted
  • ungifted
  • unpolished
  • unprofessional
  • unqualified
  • unschooled
  • unseasoned
  • unskilled
  • unskillful
  • untalented
  • untaught
  • untested
  • untrained
  • untried
  • untutored
  • volume
  • wad
  • weak
  • wealth
  • would-be

Meanings of ace

  • noun
    1. A single point or spot on a playing card or die.
    2. A card or die face so marked.
    3. The ball marked with the number 1 in pool and related games.
    4. A very small quantity or degree; a particle; an atom; a jot.
    5. A serve won without the opponent hitting the ball.
    6. A single point won by a stroke, as in handball, rackets, etc.
    7. The best pitcher on the team.
    8. (19th century) A run.
    9. A hole in one.
    10. An expert at something.
    11. A military aircraft pilot who is credited with shooting down many enemy aircraft, typically five or more.
    12. A perfect score on a school exam.
    13. Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
    14. A quark.
    15. A person who is asexual.
  • verb
    1. (US) To pass (a test, interviews etc.) perfectly.
    2. To win a point by an ace.
    3. To make an ace (hole in one).
  • adjective
    1. Excellent.
    2. Asexual. (not experiencing sexual attraction).

Example Sentences

  • He served an ace to win the final point of the match.
  • She managed to ace her math test with a perfect score.
  • The pilot was known as an ace for his exceptional flying skills.
  • He played an ace card at the perfect moment to win the game.
  • With years of experience, she handled the difficult task like an ace.

On this page you'll find 358 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to ace, such as: able, abundance, accomplish, accomplished, achieve, actualize, addict.

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Related Words

A1

  • 24-carat
  • A-OK
  • OK
  • acceptable
  • ace
  • adequate
  • all right
  • awesome
  • bang-up
  • banner
  • beautiful
  • best
  • better
  • blue-chip
  • blue-ribbon
  • boffo
  • bonnie
  • bonny
  • boss
  • brag
  • brave
  • bully
  • bumper
  • capital
  • choice
  • choicest
  • classic
  • classical
  • cool
  • corking
  • crackerjack
  • cracking
  • dandy
  • decent
  • divine
  • dope
  • down
  • dynamite
  • excellent
  • exceptional
  • fab
  • fabulous
  • famous
  • fancy
  • fantabulous
  • fantastic
  • fine
  • first-class
  • first-rate
  • first-string
  • five-star
  • flawless
  • four-star
  • frontline
  • gangbuster
  • gangbusters
  • gilt-edge
  • gilt-edged
  • gone
  • good
  • grand
  • great
  • greatest
  • groovy
  • heavenly
  • high-class
  • high-grade
  • high-test
  • highest
  • hot
  • hype
  • ideal
  • immense
  • jim-dandy
  • keen
  • lovely
  • marvellous
  • marvelous
  • matchless
  • maximum
  • mean
  • most advantageous
  • most favorable
  • neat
  • nifty
  • noble
  • number one
  • numero uno
  • okay
  • optimal
  • out of this world
  • out-of-sight
  • par excellence
  • passable
  • peachy
  • peachy keen
  • peak
  • peerless
  • perfect
  • phat
  • premium
  • prime
  • primo
  • prize
  • prizewinning
  • quality
  • radical
  • righteous
  • satisfactory
  • select
  • sensational
  • slick
  • solid-gold
  • special
  • splendid
  • standard
  • stellar
  • sterling
  • superb
  • superfine
  • superior
  • superlative
  • supernal
  • swell
  • terrific
  • tip-top
  • tolerable
  • too much
  • top
  • top-notch
  • top-of-the-line
  • top-shelf
  • topflight
  • topping
  • traditional
  • unsurpassed
  • wizard
  • wonderful
  • world-class

dab

  • KO
  • Renaissance man
  • ace
  • addict
  • adept
  • afficionado
  • aficionado
  • all-rounder
  • anoint
  • apply
  • artist
  • atom
  • authority
  • bang
  • bash
  • bastinade
  • bastinado
  • bat
  • battering
  • beat
  • beating
  • bedaub
  • belt
  • besmear
  • biff
  • bit
  • bite
  • blanket
  • blob
  • blow
  • bludgeoning
  • body blow
  • bop
  • box
  • brush
  • buff
  • buffet
  • bust
  • carpet
  • chip
  • chop
  • chuck
  • clap
  • clasp
  • clench
  • clip
  • clipping
  • clobbering
  • clout
  • clutch
  • coat
  • cognoscente
  • connoisseur
  • consultant
  • counter
  • counterblow
  • counterpunch
  • counterstroke
  • cover
  • crack
  • crackajack
  • crackerjack
  • craftsman
  • crumb
  • cruncher
  • cudgeling
  • cudgelling
  • cuff
  • dab hand
  • dash
  • daub
  • devotee
  • dig
  • dollop
  • dose
  • dot
  • douse
  • dram
  • driblet
  • drop
  • drop in the bucket
  • drubbing
  • enthusiast
  • expert
  • fan
  • feel
  • fiend
  • fillip
  • flake
  • fleck
  • flick
  • flogging
  • flyspeck
  • fragment
  • geek
  • glimmer
  • grain
  • granule
  • grasp
  • graze
  • grip
  • guru
  • hack
  • hammering
  • hand
  • handful
  • handle
  • haymaker
  • hint
  • hired gun
  • hit
  • hold
  • hook
  • hoot
  • hotshot
  • iota
  • jab
  • jack-of-all-trades
  • jam
  • jerk
  • jog
  • jot
  • journeyman
  • kayo
  • kick
  • knee
  • knock
  • knockdown
  • knockout
  • lambasting
  • larrup
  • lash
  • lay
  • lay on
  • layer
  • left
  • lick
  • licking
  • little
  • lunge
  • maestro
  • mantle
  • master
  • maven
  • mavin
  • meister
  • minim
  • minimum
  • mistress
  • mite
  • modicum
  • molecule
  • morsel
  • mote
  • nibble
  • nip
  • nubbin
  • nudge
  • one-two
  • ounce
  • overlay
  • overlie
  • overspread
  • palm
  • palp
  • palpate
  • paring
  • part
  • particle
  • past master
  • pasting
  • pat
  • patch
  • peanuts
  • peck
  • pelt
  • pick
  • pinch
  • plaster
  • plump
  • poke
  • portion
  • pound
  • pounding
  • pro
  • professional
  • proficient
  • pummeling
  • pummelling
  • punch
  • push
  • rabbit punch
  • rap
  • ray
  • right
  • right-hander
  • roundhouse
  • scattering
  • scholar
  • scintilla
  • scrap
  • scruple
  • section
  • semblance
  • shade
  • shadow
  • shard
  • shark
  • sharp
  • shave
  • shaving
  • sheet
  • shiver
  • shot
  • shove
  • shred
  • sidewinder
  • skim
  • skosh
  • slam
  • slap
  • slather
  • sliver
  • slug
  • smack
  • smash
  • smatter
  • smattering
  • smear
  • smell
  • smidge
  • smidgen
  • smidgeon
  • smidgin
  • smithereens
  • smudge
  • snap
  • sock
  • spank
  • spark
  • spatter
  • specialist
  • speck
  • splash
  • splinter
  • spot
  • spread
  • sprinkling
  • stab
  • stick
  • stinger
  • stipple
  • strain
  • streak
  • stripe
  • stroke
  • sucker punch
  • surface
  • suspicion
  • swab
  • swat
  • swing
  • swipe
  • switch
  • syllable
  • tad
  • tag
  • tap
  • taste
  • tatter
  • thrashing
  • thud
  • thump
  • thwack
  • tip
  • tittle
  • touch
  • trace
  • uppercut
  • vestige
  • virtuoso
  • wallop
  • walloping
  • welt
  • whack
  • wham
  • whap
  • whip
  • whipping
  • whit
  • whiz
  • whop
  • wipe
  • wizard

dab hand

  • Renaissance man
  • ace
  • addict
  • adept
  • afficionado
  • aficionado
  • all-rounder
  • artist
  • authority
  • buff
  • cognoscente
  • connoisseur
  • consultant
  • crackajack
  • crackerjack
  • craftsman
  • dab
  • devotee
  • enthusiast
  • expert
  • fan
  • fiend
  • geek
  • guru
  • hand
  • hired gun
  • hotshot
  • jack-of-all-trades
  • journeyman
  • maestro
  • master
  • maven
  • mavin
  • meister
  • mistress
  • past master
  • pro
  • professional
  • proficient
  • scholar
  • shark
  • sharp
  • specialist
  • virtuoso
  • whiz
  • wizard

damn

  • a lot
  • abhor
  • abominate
  • absolute
  • absolutely
  • abundantly
  • abuse
  • ace
  • achingly
  • adjudge
  • admonish
  • all-out
  • almighty
  • altogether
  • amazingly
  • anathematize
  • appreciably
  • archly
  • arrant
  • as all get-out
  • astonishingly
  • astronomically
  • attack
  • authentic
  • awful
  • awfully
  • badly
  • ban
  • banish
  • beans
  • beastly
  • belittle
  • berate
  • bit
  • blacklist
  • blame
  • blank
  • blaspheme
  • blast
  • blisteringly
  • blooming
  • bodacious
  • bone
  • bubkes
  • bupkes
  • bupkus
  • cast out
  • castigate
  • categoric
  • categorical
  • censure
  • chasten
  • chastise
  • chide
  • classic
  • clean
  • colossally
  • complain of
  • complete
  • completely
  • conclude
  • condemn
  • confirmed
  • confound
  • considerably
  • constant
  • consummate
  • continental
  • convict
  • corking
  • correct
  • cracking
  • crashing
  • criticize
  • crumb
  • cry down
  • curse
  • cuss
  • dab
  • damned
  • dang
  • darn
  • dead
  • deadly
  • decide
  • decree
  • decry
  • deeply
  • definite
  • denounce
  • denunciate
  • deprecate
  • desperately
  • determine
  • detest
  • diddly
  • diddly-squat
  • dis
  • discernibly
  • discipline
  • disparage
  • dispraise
  • diss
  • doodley-squat
  • doodly-squat
  • doom
  • downright
  • drat
  • dreadful
  • driblet
  • durn
  • eminently
  • endless
  • enormously
  • entirely
  • especially
  • eternal
  • ever
  • exceeding
  • exceedingly
  • exceptionally
  • excessively
  • excommunicate
  • excoriate
  • execrate
  • expel
  • extensively
  • extra
  • extraordinary
  • extreme
  • extremely
  • fabulously
  • fair
  • fantastically
  • far
  • fault
  • fiercely
  • fig
  • filthy
  • find
  • flame
  • flat
  • flat-out
  • frightful
  • frightfully
  • full
  • fully
  • fulminate against
  • genuine
  • ghost
  • glimmer
  • good and
  • grandly
  • greatly
  • habitual
  • hate
  • heavily
  • highly
  • hint
  • hoot
  • hopeless
  • horrible
  • huge
  • hugely
  • immensely
  • imprecate
  • incredibly
  • intensely
  • inveigle against
  • inveterate
  • iota
  • jinx
  • jolly
  • jot
  • judge
  • knock
  • lambast
  • lambaste
  • lick
  • little
  • loathe
  • main
  • majorly
  • maledict
  • markedly
  • mightily
  • mighty
  • mite
  • modicum
  • monstrous
  • monstrously
  • monumentally
  • mortally
  • most
  • much
  • nip
  • notably
  • noticeably
  • object to
  • objurgate
  • obscenely
  • obviously
  • opine
  • ostracize
  • ounce
  • out-and-out
  • outright
  • overmuch
  • palpably
  • pan
  • particle
  • particularly
  • passing
  • peanuts
  • penalize
  • perfect
  • perpetual
  • pin
  • plainly
  • plentifully
  • plumb
  • positively
  • profound
  • profoundly
  • proscribe
  • punish
  • pure
  • purely
  • radically
  • rake
  • rank
  • rap
  • rattling
  • ray
  • real
  • really
  • rebuke
  • regular
  • remarkably
  • reprehend
  • reprimand
  • reproach
  • reprobate
  • reprove
  • resolve
  • revile
  • right
  • roaring
  • roaringly
  • rule
  • scold
  • scrap
  • scruple
  • semblance
  • sentence
  • seriously
  • severely
  • shade
  • shadow
  • sheer
  • shred
  • significantly
  • simple
  • skosh
  • slam
  • smidge
  • smidgen
  • smidgeon
  • smidgin
  • snap
  • so
  • sore
  • sorely
  • spanking
  • specially
  • speck
  • spot
  • sprinkling
  • squat
  • staggeringly
  • stark
  • stinking
  • stone
  • straight-out
  • strain
  • streak
  • substantially
  • such
  • super
  • superlative
  • supreme
  • supremely
  • surpassing
  • surpassingly
  • suspicion
  • swear
  • syllable
  • terrible
  • terribly
  • terrific
  • that
  • thorough
  • thoroughgoing
  • thoroughly
  • thumping
  • thunder against
  • tittle
  • too
  • total
  • totally
  • touch
  • trace
  • unadulterated
  • unalloyed
  • unco
  • uncommonly
  • unconditional
  • undying
  • unmitigated
  • unqualified
  • unremitting
  • unrestricted
  • upbraid
  • utter
  • utterly
  • vastly
  • veritable
  • very
  • visibly
  • vitally
  • vituperate
  • way
  • whacking
  • whit
  • wholly
  • whoop
  • wicked
  • wildly

jack-of-all-trades

  • Renaissance man
  • ace
  • addict
  • adept
  • afficionado
  • aficionado
  • all-rounder
  • artist
  • authority
  • buff
  • cognoscente
  • connoisseur
  • consultant
  • crackajack
  • crackerjack
  • craftsman
  • dab
  • dab hand
  • devotee
  • enthusiast
  • expert
  • factotum
  • fan
  • fiend
  • geek
  • guru
  • hand
  • handyman
  • hired gun
  • hotshot
  • journeyman
  • maestro
  • master
  • maven
  • mavin
  • meister
  • mistress
  • pantologist
  • past master
  • pro
  • professional
  • proficient
  • scholar
  • shark
  • sharp
  • specialist
  • tinker
  • virtuoso
  • whiz
  • wizard

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