max
Highest possible amount
Max is the most or the upper limit of something—short for maximum.
A car's max speed, the max capacity of an elevator.
To max out is to reach that limit: I maxed out my credit card.
To do the max or give it max is to exert full effort.
As an adjective: max volume, max settings. (Capitalized Max is a given name.)
Topmost in position
- greatestSurpassing all others
- topmostHighest in position
- utmostHighest possible degree
- supremeHighest in authority
optimal · full · ultimate · paramount · uppermost · peak · top · record
highest
Topmost in position
supreme · optimal · full · ultimate · paramount · uppermost · peak · top · record · all-time
cap
Covering for top
upper · boundary · restriction · allowance · quota · extent · capacity · saturation · tolerance · constraint
volume
Amount of space filled
- brightnessDegree of light emitted
- speedRate of motion
- powerEnergy transfer rate
intensity · level · dial · slider · cranked · overdrive · turbo · boost · amplified · loudest
- limitslimit, limits, limitation, upper limit, lower limit
- volumecubic meters, bulk, cubic feet, quantity, cubic inches
- Pushing Limitspeak, redline, breaking point, threshold, overdrive
- Appliance Settingsbake, broil, defrost, warm, reheat
- database operationsselect, insert, update, delete, query
- math functionssine, abs, cosine, add, tangent
maxminor
Scale with lowered third
secondary · minimal · negligible · incidental · peripheral
- max outReach upper bound
- maxing outReaching upper boundary
- maximum securityHighest-level prison classification
- maximum speedHighest attainable velocity
- to the maxAt full capacity
- maximum capacityUpper limit of containment
climax, maximum, maximize, maximal, maxi, maximums, maxing, maximally, maximizer