Synonyms for most
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1. mostadverb

   Antonyms:
   fewest, least

2. mostnoun

   Antonyms:
   least, fewest

3. mostadverb

   Superlative form of much.

   Antonyms:
   least, fewest

4. mostadverb

   This is a most unusual specimen.

   Antonyms:
   least, fewest

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.8 / 4 votes

1. most(a)adjective

   (superlative of `many' used with count nouns and often preceded by `the') quantifier meaning the greatest in number

   "who has the most apples?"; "most people like eggs"; "most fishes have fins"

   Antonyms:
   to the lowest degree, least

2. most(a)adverb

   the superlative of `much' that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by `the'; a quantifier meaning the greatest in amount or extent or degree

   "made the most money he could"; "what attracts the most attention?"; "made the most of a bad deal"

   Antonyms:
   least, to the lowest degree

3. most, to the highest degreeadverb

   used to form the superlative

   "the king cobra is the most dangerous snake"

   Synonyms:
   nigh, well-nigh, virtually, about, nearly, almost, near, to the highest degree

   Antonyms:
   least, to the lowest degree

4. mostadverb

   very

   "a most welcome relief"

   Synonyms:
   nigh, well-nigh, virtually, about, nearly, almost, near, to the highest degree

   Antonyms:
   least, to the lowest degree

5. about, almost, most, nearly, near, nigh, virtually, well-nighadverb

   (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but

   "the job is (just) about done"; "the baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded"; "we're almost finished"; "the car all but ran her down"; "he nearly fainted"; "talked for nigh onto 2 hours"; "the recording is well-nigh perfect"; "virtually all the parties signed the contract"; "I was near exhausted by the run"; "most everyone agrees"

   Synonyms:
   well-nigh, virtually, closely, or so, intimately, roughly, just about, some, nigh, about, nearly, more or less, almost, close, near, approximately, around, to the highest degree, close to

   Antonyms:
   to the lowest degree, least

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1. the bulk of

   many members of a set but not all of them; more than half.

   Submitted by acronimous on May 18, 2014  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mostadjective

   Synonyms:
   greatest number of

2. mostadjective

   Synonyms:
   in the greatest degree

3. mostnoun

   Synonyms:
   greatest part, greatest number

4. mostnoun

   Synonyms:
   utmost

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. mostnoun

   Synonyms:
   majority

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:2.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "most":

   more, addition, over, majority, longer, greatest, plus, best, but, greater, largest, further, mostly, anymore, biggest, very, highest, hardest

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. MOST

   Synonyms:
   Multicentre Osteoarthritis STudy``

2. MOST

   Synonyms:
   Manual organ stimulation technique, see there
   

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1. Christian Yates:

   The most important thing we found in our research was that if you take two locusts coming in one direction and one in the other then these two locusts can turn this individual, and if you don't include this' two meets one' interaction then you find that you can't replicate these startling switches of behavior that you see in the locusts, the same sorts of things that you might see in flocks of starlings changing direction quickly or in schools of fish.

2. Randall Hand:

   These were tribal artifacts, and we believe that most of those that we've collected were from 200 years to 5,000 years old, or older.

3. Oleg Zaretskiy:

   We can see that the most promising areas for us [ are in the ] Middle East [ and ] Asia -- places where there is natural growth of population... such as India and Pakistan.

4. Simon Clarke:

   When a virus is swilling around the population, it can mutate, every time it replicates( infects) there is the possibility of a mutation. While most of those are neutral or even damage the virus, every so often a mutation gives the virus a' fitness advantage,' which makes it more transmissible. Bluntly, the more people with a second dose, the less this thing can mutate in dangerous ways.

5. Henry David Thoreau:

   The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. Yet we do not treat ourselves nor one another thus tenderly.