paramount
adjective
[ ˈparəmaʊnt ]
• more important than anything else; supreme.
• "the interests of the child are of paramount importance"
Similar:
most important,
of greatest importance,
of prime importance,
of supreme importance,
uppermost,
supreme,
chief,
overriding,
predominant,
cardinal,
foremost,
first and foremost,
prime,
primary,
principal,
pre-eminent,
highest,
utmost,
main,
key,
central,
leading,
major,
top,
topmost,
dominant,
number-one,
• having supreme power.
• "a paramount chief"
Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘highest in jurisdiction’ in the phrases lord paramount and paramount chief ): from Anglo-Norman French paramont, from Old French par ‘by’ + amont ‘above’.
