notch above

notch above (someone or something)

and a notch better than (someone or something)

Fig. a little higher in quality than someone or something. This latest candidate we interviewed seems a notch above the rest, so let's hire her. That telescope is a notch better than the others in terms of magnification.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Lothaire	-	French
Adriana	ahd-RYAH-nah (Italian, Spanish, Polish), ayd-ree-AN-ə (English)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, English
Barnard	['bɑ:nəd]
Lavanya	-	Indian, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil
RŪTa	-	Lithuanian
Bate	-	Medieval English