Home › Words › O › optimeoptime/ˈɒptɪmeɪ/optime · noun — A student who graduates with second class ("senior optime") or third class ("junior optime") honours in mathematics, or (loosely) in any other subject.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).optime is pronounced /ˈɒptɪmeɪ/.EtymologyBorrowed from Latin optimē (“very well”), in the phrase optimē disputāstī (“you have disputed very well”), formerly used in reporting results at Cambridge.nounA student who graduates with second class ("senior optime") or third class ("junior optime") honours in mathematics, or (loosely) in any other subject.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.optimate 59% match — A member of the patrician ruling class in republican Ancient Rome; an aristocrat, a noble. vs optime →optimity 55% match — The state of being best. vs optime →honors 54% match — At an excelling level in academics. vs optime →upperclassman 51% match — A junior or senior student in a school or college. vs optime →optimation 48% match — optimization. vs optime →desmond 48% match — A lower second class honours or 2.2 degree. vs optime →epopt 47% match — An initiate in the Eleusinian Mysteries; one who has attended the epopteia. vs optime →accessit 47% match — An honorable mention in an academic contest. vs optime →