ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsPparamount
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paramount
Meaning: more important than anything else, supreme
paramount in a sentence
How paramount is used in real sentences:
Safety is paramount when working with heavy machinery.
For the surgeon, precision is paramount during every step of the operation.
“The paramount obligation is to convey what was said more faithfully than what any participant may have intended.”
— from the passage Between Speech and Judgment
“So he made precision paramount, stopping not for every flaw but only where one section obscured another.”
— from the passage The Unfinished Finale
“When Eastborough consolidated its permit, housing, and benefits offices in one hall, officials declared fairness paramount, yet they initially defined it as simple arrival order.”
— from the passage Waiting by Design
Synonyms for paramount
Other words for paramount — foremost, preeminent and chief — carry the same meaning.
- foremost
- preeminent
- chief
Antonyms of paramount
Words that mean the opposite of paramount:
- minor
- secondary
Where it comes from
From Anglo-French paramont 'above, superior'
Memory hook
PARA-MOUNT — think of climbing to the top MOUNTain, the highest priority of all.