come first
Lead the pack
Come first means to be the most important priority or to rank highest among competing concerns.
When someone says their family comes first, they mean it takes precedence over work, hobbies, or other obligations.
The phrase can also mean to win or finish ahead of others: She came first in the race.
In sexual slang, to come first is to reach orgasm before one's partner.
Superior rank or importance
- paramountOf supreme significance
- foremostHighest in importance
- primaryChief in importance
- chiefTop-ranking leader
main · preeminent · dominant · lead · top · premier · ahead · before
Come or go first
initiate · introduce · preliminary · initial · prior · advance · prelude · earliest
Fundamentally necessary
- crucialOf supreme importance
- criticalExpressing disapproval or importance
- vitalEssential or sustaining existence
- keyLock-opening device
fundamental · central · significant · necessary · urgent · important · indispensable · core
precedence
Superior rank or importance
chief · main · preeminent · dominant · lead · top · premier · ahead · before · above
precede
Come or go first
start · initiate · introduce · preliminary · initial · prior · advance · prelude · earliest · ahead of
essential
Fundamentally necessary
- crucialOf supreme importance
- criticalExpressing disapproval or importance
- vitalEssential or sustaining existence
key · fundamental · central · significant · necessary · urgent · important · indispensable · core · paramount
come firstcome after
Pursue or succeed
follow · lose · bring up the rear · trail behind · lag behind
first, come, become, coming, overcome, came, forthcoming, became, upcoming