Paramount Definition

părə-mount
adjective
Ranking higher than any other, as in power or importance; chief; supreme.
Webster's New World

Highest in rank, power, or authority.

The paramount leader of the nation.
American Heritage
Antonyms:
noun

One that has the highest rank, power, or authority.

American Heritage
Supreme ruler; overlord.
Webster's New World

Origin of Paramount

  • Anglo-Norman paramont above par by (from Latin per per1 in Indo-European roots) amont above, upward amount

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French, from par, per (“by") + amont, amount (“above, upward"), from Latin ad montem (“to a mountain"); see amount.

    From Wiktionary

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