Meaning

2 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)The highest gear that is available in a motor vehicle or car.

    Near-synonyms: (often synonymous) fifth gear, overdrive

    His Packard rarely saw top gear, because in the 1930s this county barely had any roads smooth and straight enough to use it on.

  2. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)The highest level of performance or activity.

    Things really shifted into top gear once they found a new angel investor.

Forms

plural: top gears
Singulartop gear
Pluraltop gears

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
fifth gearoverdrivefull throttle

Antonyms

2 antonyms
low gearfirst gear

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
topA1topaztopicA1
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