What are some alternative words for paramount?
Synonyms for paramount
ˈpær əˌmaʊnt
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Princeton's WordNet
overriding, paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderant, preponderating(adj)
having superior power and influence
"the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism"
Synonyms:
rife, predominate, dominant, prevailing, predominant, overriding, preponderating, prevalent, preponderantAntonyms:
low-level, subordinate
Wiktionary
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
paramount
Synonyms:
superior, preeminent, chief, principal, supremeAntonyms:
subordinate, minor, inferior, secondary
Dictionary of English Synonymes
paramount(a.)
Synonyms:
supreme, superior, preeminent, principal, chief
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "paramount":
primary, utmost, overriding, crucial, vital, supreme, primordial, essential, fundamental, capital, dominant, critical, extreme, overarching, maximum, highest
Words popularity by usage frequency
rank | word | |
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#1163 | capital | |
#1243 | primary | |
#1387 | maximum | |
#1780 | highest | |
#1783 | critical | |
#1793 | chief | |
#2131 | essential | |
#2685 | extreme | |
#2831 | principal | |
#3424 | supreme | |
#3734 | superior | |
#4428 | fundamental | |
#4760 | vital | |
#6242 | crucial | |
#7834 | dominant | |
#11669 | paramount | |
#14484 | prevailing | |
#17620 | utmost | |
#17672 | prevalent | |
#23124 | predominant | |
#26134 | overriding | |
#33009 | rife | |
#34667 | overarching | |
#38702 | primordial | |
#46828 | preeminent | |
#56587 | predominate | |
#192580 | preponderant |
How to use paramount in a sentence?
The conduct of UBS through its representatives is unacceptable and has no place in the financial services industry where trust and integrity are paramount.
Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter:
Urgent, immediate and complete exposure to the public of JJ's primary role in creating this public health crisis has become paramount.
We have no way to know what was said, but protecting our nation's secrets is paramount, the speaker hopes for a full explanation of the facts from the administration.
The Press was protected so that it could bare the secrets of the government and inform the people. Only a free and unrestrained press can effectively expose deception in government. And paramount among the responsibilities of a free press is the duty to prevent any part of the government from deceiving the people.
At the moment, drivers spend most of their time looking outside a vehicle. With self-driving cars, interior design will play a very different role. The feelgood factor will be paramount.
Translations for paramount
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- أساسيArabic
- höchst, überragend, vorrangigGerman
- κυρίαρχοςGreek
- sumo, supremoSpanish
- tärkeinFinnish
- primordial, capitalFrench
- ard-niartal, ard-chummaghtaghManx
- terpentingIndonesian
- supremoItalian
- パラマウントJapanese
- Et intonuitLatin
- overordnetNorwegian
- najważniejszyPolish
- vitalPortuguese
- supremRomanian
- высший, первостепенныйRussian
- överlägsenSwedish
- தலையாயTamil
- yüce, azam, ulu, olağanüstüTurkish
- 最重要的Chinese
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