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Synonyms & Antonyms for foremost
Synonyms: Adjective
arch, big, capital, cardinal, central, chief, dominant, first, grand, great, greatest, highest, key, leading, main, master, number one (also No. 1), numero uno, overbearing, overmastering, overriding, paramount, predominant, preeminent, premier, primal, primary, principal, prior, sovereign (also sovran), supreme
Antonyms: Adjective
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Albert Einstein is regarded by many as the foremost figure of the 20th century. wanted to speak to the foremost supervisor in our departmentRecent Examples on the Web: Adjective
Since that time, Dr. Ratey has established himself as one of the world’s foremost authorities on the brain-fitness connection. — Andrew Merle, Quartzy, "The best type of exercise uses your body—and your brain," 17 June 2019 But a quick look back through her music video oeuvre serves as a reminder that for all of her silky vocal talent, Jackson is first and foremost a dancer that will never stop moving. — Mackenzie Wagoner, Vogue, "Happy Birthday, Janet Jackson! How to Get Her Rock-Hard Body in 12 GIFS," 16 May 2019 Instead, the 75-year-old New Yorker is — and not just by his own admission — the world’s foremost authority on crime and detective fiction. — Chris Gray, Houston Chronicle, "Crime-fiction kingpin Otto Penzler dusts off history’s great ‘Rogues and Villains’," 7 Apr. 2018 Mazda Toyota, Polaris, Facebook – Huntsville remains foremost a federal government town. — Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, "How Torch Technologies helps define Huntsville as a federal city," 6 Aug. 2019 The foremost reason was to avoid further internationalising Kashmir. — Johann Chacko, Quartz India, "With Kashmir move, India risks losing the upper hand of a responsible, nuclear-armed democracy," 6 Aug. 2019 Standard-Knapp is one of the foremost names in the food and beverage industry. — Kathleen Mcwilliams, courant.com, "Portland’s Standard-Knapp merges with German company, promising growth in Connecticut," 5 Aug. 2019 Its purpose is to limit cigarette smoking, the nation’s foremost cause of preventable death. — George Will, Twin Cities, "George Will: The puzzling problem of vaping," 24 July 2019 Mysterious Circumstances The world’s foremost scholar on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famed fictional detective Sherlock Holmes is found dead in his London apartment in the world premiere of Michael Mitnicks’ mystery drama; Alan Tudyk stars. — Matt Cooper, latimes.com, "SoCal theater listings, June 16-23: ‘Anne, A New Play,’ ‘Death of a Salesman’ and more," 14 June 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb
The author came to this story by way of many inspirations, but perhaps first and foremost by her experience living in the Harvard dorms as an adult (a new mother, in fact). — Seija Rankin, EW.com, "How Elizabeth Ames wrote The Other's Gold, your new favorite campus novel," 27 Aug. 2019 Nelson’s catch isn’t a record for several reasons, first and foremost because the fish wasn’t weighed — the lodge doesn’t have a scale big enough. — Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News, "‘Now I know why they shoot them’: Texas fisherman lands 8-foot halibut near Kodiak Island," 25 Aug. 2019 Joe Biden has a case for why Trump must be voted out first and foremost. — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, "Beto O’Rourke’s Campaign Reboot Feels More Like an End Than a Beginning," 21 Aug. 2019 First and foremost, the team needs to build an architecture that integrates microwave and radio frequency processors with optical-acoustic interactions. — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, "How Scattering Light Could Power a Microchip Revolution," 20 Aug. 2019 What's going through our minds first and foremost is the safety of our associates and our customers. — Brian O'keefe, Fortune, "Fortune Interview: Walmart CEO Doug McMillon on Automation, Training 2.2 Million Workers, and the Tragedy in El Paso," 19 Aug. 2019 McGee never lets the Troubles dominate the story, though; Derry Girls is the girls’ story first and foremost. — Alex Abad-santos, Vox, "Netflix’s Derry Girls is the best teen show out right now," 14 Aug. 2019 In light of a new U.K. fertility treatment that could delay menopause for 20 years, Guardian columnist Suzanne Moore argued that women need support first and foremost. — Halley Bondy, NBC News, "In the know: Women in the news 8/5-8/9," 9 Aug. 2019 Both sides are digging in and both leaders are first and foremost concerned about their domestic audiences. — Daniel W. Drezner, Twin Cities, "Daniel Drezner: This trade war will get out of control," 7 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'foremost.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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