Word Meanings - FOREMOST - Book Publishers vocabulary database
First in time or place; most advanced; chief in rank or dignity; as, the foremost troops of an army. THat struck the foremost man of all this world. Shak. (more info) superl. of forma first, which is a superl. fr. fore fore; cf. Goth. frumist,
Additional info about word: FOREMOST
First in time or place; most advanced; chief in rank or dignity; as, the foremost troops of an army. THat struck the foremost man of all this world. Shak. (more info) superl. of forma first, which is a superl. fr. fore fore; cf. Goth. frumist, fruma, first. See Fore, adv., and cf. First, Former, Frame,
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of FOREMOST)
- First
- Leading
- primary
- pristine
- original
- foremost
- primitive
- principal
- primeval
- highest
- chief
- earliest
- Principal
- Highest
- first
- main
- leading
- pre-eminent
- prominent
Related words: (words related to FOREMOST)
- PRINCIPALNESS
The quality of being principal. - CHIEFLESS
Without a chief or leader. - FOREMOST
First in time or place; most advanced; chief in rank or dignity; as, the foremost troops of an army. THat struck the foremost man of all this world. Shak. (more info) superl. of forma first, which is a superl. fr. fore fore; cf. Goth. frumist, - PRINCIPALITY
preëminence, excellence: cf. F. principalité, principauté. See 1. Sovereignty; supreme power; hence, superiority; predominance; high, or the highest, station. Sir P. Sidney. Your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory. - LEADING EDGE
same as Advancing edge, above. - FIRST
Sw. & Dan. förste, OHG. furist, G. fürst prince; a superlatiye form 1. Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest; as, the first day of a month; the first year of a reign. 2. Foremost; in front of, or in advance of, - PRIMITIVENESS
The quality or state of being primitive; conformity to primitive style or practice. - PRIMEVALLY
In a primeval manner; in or from the earliest times; originally. Darwin. - CHIEFEST
First or foremost; chief; principal. "Our chiefest courtier." Shak. The chiefest among ten thousand. Canticles v. 10. - LEADED
Separated by leads, as the lines of a page. (more info) 1. Fitted with lead; set in lead; as, leaded windows. - FIRST-CLASS
Of the best class; of the highest rank; in the first division; of the best quality; first-rate; as, a first-class telescope. First- class car or First-class railway carriage, any passenger car of the highest regular class, and intended - PRISTINE
Belonging to the earliest period or state; original; primitive; primeval; as, the pristine state of innocence; the pristine manners of a people; pristine vigor. - CHIEF JUSTICE
The presiding justice, or principal judge, of a court. Lord Chief Justice of England, The presiding judge of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice. The highest judicial officer of the realm is the Lord High Chancellor. -- Chief - CHIEF HARE
A small rodent inhabiting the summits of the Rocky Mountains; -- also called crying hare, calling hare, cony, American pika, and little chief hare. Note: It is not a true hare or rabbit, but belongs to the curious family Lagomyidæ. - PRIMEVAL
Belonging to the first ages; pristine; original; primitive; primary; as, the primeval innocence of man. "This is the forest primeval." Longfellow. From chaos, and primeval darkness, came Light. Keats. - LEADMAN
One who leads a dance. B. Jonson. - FIRST-RATE
Of the highest excellence; preëminent in quality, size, or estimation. Our only first-rate body of contemporary poetry is the German. M. Arnold. Hermocrates . . . a man of first-rate ability. Jowett . - LEADSMAN
The man who heaves the lead. Totten. - LEAD
One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity, and is used for tubes, sheets, bullets, etc. Its specific gravity is 11.37. - FIRSTLY
In the first place; before anything else; -- sometimes improperly used for first. - STERNFOREMOST
With the stern, instead of the bow, in advance; hence, figuratively, in an awkward, blundering manner. A fatal genius for going sternforemost. Lowell. - ABORIGINALLY
Primarily. - POT LEAD
Graphite, or black lead, often used on the bottoms of racing vessels to diminish friction. - COUNTERPLEAD
To plead the contrary of; to plead against; to deny. - KERCHIEF
couvrechef, F. couvrechef, a head covering, fr. couvrir to cover + 1. A square of fine linen worn by women as a covering for the head; hence, anything similar in form or material, worn for ornament on other parts of the person; -- mostly used in - PLEADINGS
The mutual pleas and replies of the plaintiff and defendant, or written statements of the parties in support of their claims, proceeding from the declaration of the plaintiff, until issue is joined, and the question made to rest on some - MISCHIEF
+ chief end, head, F. chef chief. See Minus, and 1. Harm; damage; esp., disarrangement of order; trouble or vexation caused by human agency or by some living being, intentionally or not; often, calamity, mishap; trivial evil caused by - RINGLEADER
1. The leader of a circle of dancers; hence, the leader of a number of persons acting together; the leader of a herd of animals. A primacy of order, such an one as the ringleader hath in a dance. Barrow. 2. Opprobriously, a leader of a body of - PLEADINGLY
In a pleading manner. - ENKERCHIEFED
Bound with a kerchief; draped; hooded; covered. Milton. That soft, enkerchiefed hair. M. Arnold. - ENTERPLEAD
See INTERPLEAD - BLACK LEAD
Plumbago; graphite.It leaves a blackish mark somewhat like lead. See Graphite.