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In a position of preeminence:
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  1. In a position of preeminence:
  2. Of the highest degree, quality, rank, or amount:
  3. Situated at the top:
uppermost
In the highest position, place, or rank:
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  1. In the highest position, place, or rank:
  2. At, or nearest the top of something.
topmost
Highest; uppermost.
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  1. Highest; uppermost.
  2. At or nearest to the top; uppermost; being the very highest.
superlative
Excessive or exaggerated
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  1. Excessive or exaggerated
  2. (Grammar) Of, relating to, or being the extreme degree of comparison of an adjective or adverb, as in best or brightest.
  3. Superior to or excelling all other or others; of the highest kind, quality, degree, etc.; supreme
supreme
Greatest in importance, degree, significance, character, or achievement.
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  1. Greatest in importance, degree, significance, character, or achievement.
  2. Ultimate; final:
  3. Greatest in power, authority, or rank; paramount or dominant.
maximal
Of, relating to, or consisting of a maximum.
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  1. Of, relating to, or consisting of a maximum.
  2. Highest or greatest possible; of or constituting a maximum
  3. Largest, greatest (in magnitude), highest, most.
most
Greatest in amount, extent, or degree:
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  1. Greatest in amount, extent, or degree:
  2. Greatest in number:
top-notch
Of the highest quality; excellent, first-rate
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  1. Of the highest quality; excellent, first-rate
  2. Of the highest level
  3. (Idiomatic) Very good; of the highest quality.
top
Of the highest degree, quality, rank, or amount:
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  1. Of the highest degree, quality, rank, or amount:
  2. Relating to, made up of, or broadcasting the Top 40:
  3. Of, situated at, or being the top; uppermost, highest, greatest, or foremost
overmost
(Obsolete) Over the rest in authority; above all others; highest.
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  1. (Obsolete) Over the rest in authority; above all others; highest.
apical
(Linguistics) Of, relating to, or articulated with the tip of the tongue, as (t), (d), and (s).
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  1. (Linguistics) Of, relating to, or articulated with the tip of the tongue, as (t), (d), and (s).
  2. Of, at, or constituting the apex
  3. Of, relating to, located at, or constituting an apex.
maximum
Having or being the greatest quantity or the highest degree that has been or can be attained:
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  1. Having or being the greatest quantity or the highest degree that has been or can be attained:
  2. Greatest possible, permissible, or reached
  3. The greatest known or greatest possible number, measure, quantity, or degree.
head
Of, relating to, or intended for the head. Often used in combination:
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  1. Of, relating to, or intended for the head. Often used in combination:
  2. Placed at the top or the front:
  3. Foremost in rank or importance:
preeminent
Superior to or notable above all others; outstanding.
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  1. Superior to or notable above all others; outstanding.
capital
Extremely serious:
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  1. Extremely serious:
  2. Most important or most serious; principal; chief
  3. First and foremost; principal:
chief
Highest, as in rank or office; foremost
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  1. Highest, as in rank or office; foremost
  2. Most important or influential:
  3. Highest in rank, authority, or office:
paramount
Highest in rank, power, or authority:
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  1. Highest in rank, power, or authority:
  2. Ranking higher than any other, as in power or importance; chief; supreme
tiptop
(Informal) At the highest point of excellence, health, etc.
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  1. (Informal) At the highest point of excellence, health, etc.
  2. Excellent; first-rate:
  3. At the highest point, or top
zenithal
Of or pertaining to a zenith
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  1. Of or pertaining to a zenith
  2. (Cartography, of a projection) azimuthal
loftiest
Superlative form of lofty: most lofty
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  1. Superlative form of lofty: most lofty
topmost
Highest; uppermost.
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  1. Highest; uppermost.
  2. At the very top; uppermost
upmost
Uppermost.
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  1. Uppermost.
  2. Common misspelling of utmost.
top
In a position of preeminence:
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  1. In a position of preeminence:
  2. Of the highest degree, quality, rank, or amount:
  3. Situated at the top:
top-drawer
(Idiomatic) Of the highest quality.
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  1. (Idiomatic) Of the highest quality.
  2. Of first importance, highest quality, etc.
  3. Alternative form of top drawer.
Find another word for highest. In this page you can discover 29 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for highest, like: top, uppermost, topmost, superlative, supreme, maximal, most, top-notch, top, overmost and apical.

Sentence Examples

  • Next comes China, with the second highest number of hungry people at 130.4 million.

  • Virgil is spoken of in the highest terms in ii.

  • There Nature has woven a natural selvage, and the eye rises by just gradations from the low shrubs of the shore to the highest trees.

  • To sing this, Elisabeth would have had to be classically trained, and she would need to sing the highest end of her range if she was indeed a mezzo-soprano.

  • In the very nature of things, articulation is an unsatisfactory means of education; while the use of the manual alphabet quickens and invigorates mental activity, since through it the deaf child is brought into close contact with the English language, and the highest and most abstract ideas may be conveyed to the mind readily and accurately.

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