noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
US:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
CMU ARPABET:B EH1 S T S EH1 L ER0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:B EH1 S EH1 L ER0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A book or other product that has sold in large numbers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
a book that has had a large and rapid sale
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: best seller
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: trade book, trade edition
History
Etymology
From best + seller.
Across languages
Translations
43 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
أَكْثَر رَوَاجًا
(ʔakṯar rawājan)
— book or thing sold in large numbers
Arabic:
أَكْثَر مَبِيعًا
(ʔakṯar mabīʕan)
— book or thing sold in large numbers
Armenian:
բեսթսելեր
(bestʻseler)
— book or thing sold in large numbers
Catalan:
best-seller
— book or thing sold in large numbers
Chinese Mandarin:
暢銷書 /畅销书
(chàngxiāoshū)
— book or thing sold in large numbers
Chinese Mandarin:
熱門書籍 /热门书籍
(rèmén shūjí)
— book or thing sold in large numbers
Czech:
bestseller
— book or thing sold in large numbers
Danish:
bestseller
— book or thing sold in large numbers
Dutch:
bestseller
— book or thing sold in large numbers
Dutch:
succesboek
— book or thing sold in large numbers
Esperanto:
furorlibro
— book or thing sold in large numbers
Faroese:
metsølubók
— book or thing sold in large numbers
Finnish:
bestselleri
— book or thing sold in large numbers
Finnish:
menestyskirja
— book or thing sold in large numbers
Finnish:
menestystuote
— book or thing sold in large numbers
French:
bestseller
— book or thing sold in large numbers
Galician:
superventas
— book or thing sold in large numbers
Georgian:
ბესტსელერი
(besṭseleri)
— book or thing sold in large numbers
Georgian:
ყველაზე გაყიდვადი
(q̇velaze gaq̇idvadi)
— book or thing sold in large numbers
Georgian:
საუკეთესოდ გაყიდვადი
(sauḳetesod gaq̇idvadi)
— book or thing sold in large numbers
German:
Bestseller
— book or thing sold in large numbers
Greek:
ευπώλητο
(efpólito)
— book or thing sold in large numbers
Hungarian:
könyvsiker
— book or thing sold in large numbers
Indonesian:
pelarap
— book or thing sold in large numbers
Indonesian:
terlaris
— book or thing sold in large numbers
Japanese:
ベストセラー
(besutoserā)
— book or thing sold in large numbers
Korean:
베스트셀러
(beseuteuselleo)
— book or thing sold in large numbers
Latvian:
dižpārdoklis
— book or thing sold in large numbers
Lithuanian:
bestseleris
— book or thing sold in large numbers
Norwegian Bokmål:
bestselger
— book or thing sold in large numbers
Norwegian Nynorsk:
bestseljar
— book or thing sold in large numbers
Polish:
bestseller
— book or thing sold in large numbers
Portuguese:
best-seller
— book or thing sold in large numbers
Russian:
бестсе́ллер
(bɛstsɛ́ller)
— book or thing sold in large numbers
Spanish:
superventas
— book or thing sold in large numbers
Spanish:
bestseller
— book or thing sold in large numbers
Swedish:
storsäljare
— book or thing sold in large numbers
Swedish:
bästsäljare
— book or thing sold in large numbers
Ukrainian:
бестсе́лер
(bestséler)
— book or thing sold in large numbers
Vietnamese:
hàng bán chạy nhất
— book or thing sold in large numbers
Welsh:
gwerthwr gorau
— book or thing sold in large numbers
Welsh:
archwerthwr
— book or thing sold in large numbers
Welsh:
llyfr llwyddiannus
— book or thing sold in large numbers