paramount
Of highest importance
Paramount means supreme or of highest importance—above all others in rank or significance.
A paramount concern takes precedence over everything else.
Safety is paramount means nothing matters more.
The word carries formal weight, often appearing in legal or official contexts: the paramount duty of the court. (Capitalized Paramount is the entertainment company.)
Expressing disapproval or importance
- crucialOf supreme importance
- essentialFundamentally necessary
- vitalEssential or sustaining existence
- indispensableUtterly required, irreplaceable
primary · central · cardinal · fundamental · key · overriding · priority · significance
Highest or most extreme
- foremostHighest in importance
- sovereignSupreme in power
- transcendentExceeding usual boundaries
- incomparableWithout equal or rival
unmatched · unrivaled · absolute · pinnacle · zenith · apex · supremacy · dominion
Having recognized expertise
- commandingExerting strong authority
- controllingExerting authority over others
- influentialHaving considerable effect
- powerfulHaving great strength
predominant · governing · leading · chief · principal · assertive · decisive · overriding
Surpassing all others
- bestHighest in quality
- highestTopmost in position
- utmostHighest possible degree
- uppermostAt the very top
consummate · surpassing · unequaled · matchless · peerless · nonpareil · unsurpassed · exceptional
critical
Expressing disapproval or importance
indispensable · primary · central · cardinal · fundamental · key · overriding · priority · significance · urgency
ultimate
Highest or most extreme
- foremostHighest in importance
- sovereignSupreme in power
- transcendentExceeding usual boundaries
incomparable · unmatched · unrivaled · absolute · pinnacle · zenith · apex · supremacy · dominion · ascendancy
authoritative
Having recognized expertise
- commandingExerting strong authority
- controllingExerting authority over others
- influentialHaving considerable effect
powerful · predominant · governing · leading · chief · principal · assertive · decisive · overriding · prevailing
greatest
Surpassing all others
uppermost · consummate · surpassing · unequaled · matchless · peerless · nonpareil · unsurpassed · exceptional · outstanding
- powerauthority, electric power, nuclear power, solar power, wind power
- excellenceexcellence, greatness, superior, perfection, premium
- importanceimportance, significance, consequence, weight, gravity
- para- wordsparachute, paragraph, parallel, paramedic, paradise
- Power & Dominancedominate, rule, command, conquer, control
- extreme wordsperfection, infinity, absolute, ultimate, maximum
paramounttrivial
Lacking significance or weight
unimportant · insignificant · negligible · inconsequential · trifling
paramountsubordinate
One lower in rank
lowest · bottom · inferior · least · subsidiary
- Paramount PicturesMajor Hollywood film studio
- Paramount PlusCBS-owned streaming platform