Another word for maximum
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Noun
The greatest quantity or highest degree attainable
- The greatest extreme; the maximum:
- Something ultimate; final point or result, fundamental principle, etc.
- A toy having one end tapered to a point, allowing it to be spun, as by suddenly pulling a string wound around it.
- The uppermost part, point, surface, or end:
- The highest position or rank:
- That which is obvious or superficial
- The space beyond a boundary or limit.
- (Sports) A position at a distance from the inside or center, as of a playing field or racetrack.
The greatest amount or number allowed
- Something that limits, as some factor in makeup which restricts the scope of a person's activity or accomplishment; qualification
- (Law) A period of time, fixed by statute, during which legal action can be brought, as for settling a claim
- A limiting or being limited
- The point, edge, or line beyond which something ends, may not go, or is not allowed:
- The greatest or least amount, number, or extent allowed or possible:
- Legal limit
- (Mathematics) The smallest integer greater than or equal to a given number.
- An upper limit, especially as set by regulation:
- The maximum altitude that an aircraft can reach under a given set of conditions, such as a minimum rate of climb.
Adjective
Greatest in quantity or highest in degree that has been or can be attained
- Outermost.
- Utmost
- Extreme; utmost; being; in the farthest, greatest, or highest degree.
- Utmost; extreme:
- By which a process or series comes to an end; final; conclusive
- Representing or exhibiting the greatest possible development or sophistication:
- Highest; uppermost.
- At the very top; uppermost
- In a position of preeminence:
- Of the highest degree, quality, rank, or amount:
- Situated at the top:
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- A person or thing that has no equal; a paragon.
- Any of certain tiny, variously colored pellets of sugar used to decorate cakes, cookies, etc.
- A small, flat chocolate drop covered with white pellets of sugar.
- The highest level of officials; specif., in connection with diplomatic negotiations, the level restricted to heads of government
- A conference at the summit
- The highest level or degree that can be attained.
- A tapering, projecting point; a pointed extremity:
- The highest or utmost point of anything; height; maximum
- A widow's peak.
- The highest point above the observer's horizon attained by a celestial body.
- The point of culmination; the peak:
- The highest point; peak
- (Fiction) A generic large company or corporation.
- The highest point, as of achievement or development:
- The highest point; point of culmination; peak
- The highest point of interest, excitement, etc.; climax
- The highest level or degree that is attained.
- The highest point; the vertex:
- Superiority in weight, force, importance, or influence.
- The state or condition of being matchless.
- The status of being preeminent, dominant or ascendant.
- High importance; superiority.
- The highest point; culmination; acme
- A pointed formation, as at the top of a mountain; peak
- A tall pointed formation, such as a mountain peak.
- Elevation or distance above a given level, as above the surface of the earth or sea; altitude
- The condition or attribute of being relatively or sufficiently high or tall:
- The point of highest intensity; the climax:
- Supreme power or authority.
- When used with a designation for a particular group, the assertion that the group in question is superior to or should rule over others.
- Power over all others.
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