Also question is, what does first rate mean?

also first rate. adjective. If you say that something or someone is first-rate, you mean that they are extremely good and of the highest quality.

Similarly, what is a first rate dog? informal), crucial (slang), exclusive, superb, mega (slang), sovereign, dope (slang), world-class, admirable, wicked (slang), def (slang), superlative, second to none, top-notch (informal), brill (informal), tiptop, bodacious (slang, chiefly U.S.), boffo (slang), the dog's bollocks (taboo slang), jim-dandy (slang), A1

Hereof, what does first rate mind mean?

Scott Fitzgerald wrote: “The test of a first rate mind is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.” If you don't believe this is true, just look at the optical illusion to the right.

What's another word for first rate?

•first-rate (noun)

a-one, tiptop, topnotch, tops.