Usually means: Positioned above something or someone.
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  1. on top: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. on top: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. on-top: Wordnik
  4. on top: Wiktionary
  5. on top: Dictionary.com
  6. On Top (Flume song), On Top (Twista song), On Top (album), On Top (film), On Top: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. on top: TheFreeDictionary.com
  8. on top: Merriam-Webster

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. on top: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (on top)

▸ adverb:  On the highest point or surface.
▸ adverb:  (idiomatic) In a dominant position.

Similar:
uppermost, highermost, atop, high up, up top, thereatop, supremely, tops, above, supereminently, more...

Opposite:
bottom, underneath, beneath

Phrases:
on top of the world, on top of, gets on top, getting on top, got on top, more...

Adjectives:
top, hext, upper, top tier, uppermost, top-level, abreast, top-flight, upmost, top of the line, topmost

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Similar:
uppermost, highermost, atop, high up, up top, thereatop, supremely, tops, above, supereminently, more...

Opposite:
bottom, underneath, beneath

Phrases:
on top of the world, on top of, gets on top, getting on top, got on top, thin on top, trade on top of, cherry on top, come out on top, on top of that, Woman on top, Love On Top, Chuck Berry Is on Top, more...

Adjectives:
top, hext, upper, top tier, uppermost, top-level, abreast, top-flight, upmost, top of the line, topmost



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