paramount
paramount is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Having the highest rank or jurisdiction; superior to all others; chief; supreme; preëminent; as, a paramount duty. "A traitor paramount." Bacon. Lady paramount (Archery), the lady making the best score. -- Lord paramount, the king. Syn. Superior; principal; preëminent; chief.
- 2.The highest or chief. Milton.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- apparent
- beneficiary
- devisee
- estate
- feoffee
- for
- from
- gentry
- grantee
- heir
- heiress
- heritor
- holder
- impropriator
- inheritor
- inheritress
- inheritrix
- lady
- laird
- land
- landed
- landlord
- legal
- legatary
- legatee
- lessee
- life
- lodger
- lord
- man
- manor
- master
- mesne
- mistress
- mortgagee
- mortgagor
- occupant
- occupier
- owner
- person
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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