ace

Meaning

Noun

1. A playing card showing a single pip, typically the highest or lowest ranking card in a game.
2. A die face marked with a single dot, typically representing the number one.
3. The ball marked with the number 1 in pool and related games.
4. (US, slang) A dollar bill.
5. A very small quantity or degree; a particle; an atom; a jot.
6. A serve won without the opponent hitting the ball.
7. A point won by a single stroke, as in handball, rackets, etc.
8. (US) The best pitcher on the team.
9. (US, dated, obsolete) A run.
10. (US) A hole in one.
11. (attributive, sometimes) An expert at something; a maverick, genius; a person of supreme talent.
12. A military aircraft pilot who is credited with shooting down many enemy aircraft, typically five or more.
13. (US) A perfect score on a school exam.
14. Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
15. (obsolete) A quark.

Verb

1. (US, informal, transitive) To pass (a test, interviews etc.) perfectly.
2. (US, ambitransitive, informal) To defeat (others) in a contest; to outdo (others) in a competition.
3. (ambitransitive) To win a point against (an opponent) by an ace.
4. To make an ace (hole in one).

Adj

Excellent.

Adj

Asexual, not experiencing sexual attraction.

Synonyms

expert

tops

tiptop

first-rate

maven

topnotch

A-one

top-notch

hole in one

adept

hotshot

star

⭐

super

virtuoso

whiz

whizz

wiz

mavin

master

specialist

nail

superstar

genius

fighter pilot

champion

unity

king

👑

wizard

breeze through

professional

crack

sweep through

sail through

sensation

pass with flying colors

trump

tycoon

veteran

dab hand

deuce-ace

get the best

one-spot

best

1

good

👍

I

artist

🧑‍🎨

authority

blockbuster

cognoscente

Translations

as

asso

as

ás

Ass

aas

άσος

as

ace

As

άσσος

spécialiste

trou en un

expert

Pronounced as (IPA)

/eɪs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: as

In summary

Inherited from Middle English as, from Old French as, from Latin as, assis (“unity, copper coin, the unit of coinage”), probably borrowed from Etruscan. Doublet of as. Likely related or deriving ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs, or otherwise taking from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”) in the sense of "singular".