Synonyms for foremost
ˈfɔrˌmoʊst, -məst, ˈfoʊr-fore·most

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1. first, foremost, world-classadjective

   ranking above all others

   "was first in her class"; "the foremost figure among marine artists"; "the top graduate"

   Synonyms:
   initiatory, maiden, inaugural, frontmost, initiative, first, beginning(a), world-class

   Antonyms:
   back(a), worst, aft(a)

2. foremost, frontmostadjective

   preceding all others in spatial position

   "the foremost compartment of the ship"

   Synonyms:
   frontmost, first, world-class

   Antonyms:
   worst, aft(a), back(a)

3. foremostadverb

   situated closest to the bow

   "the foremost compartment of the ship"

   Synonyms:
   frontmost, first, world-class

   Antonyms:
   worst, back(a), aft(a)

4. foremost, firstadverb

   prominently forward

   "he put his best foot foremost"

   Synonyms:
   for the first time, first, first off, first of all, firstly

   Antonyms:
   aft(a), back(a), worst

5. first, firstly, foremost, first of all, first offadverb

   before anything else

   "first we must consider the garter snake"

   Synonyms:
   for the first time, first, first off, first of all, firstly

   Antonyms:
   back(a), worst, aft(a)

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1. foremostadjective

   Synonyms:
   first, most advanced, front

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1. List of paraphrases for "foremost":

   primarily, mainly, main, place, all

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1. Barack Obama:

   The reason I was able to make a connection with a sizeable portion of the country was because people had a sense that I said what I meant, and that's a quality that, as I look at what I'm sure will be a strong field of candidates in 2020, many of whom are friends of mine and whom I deeply respect -- what I oftentimes am looking for first and foremost is, do you seem to mean it ? Are you in this thing cause you have a strong set of convictions that you are willing to risk things for ?

2. Bettina Love:

   We are advocating for a school system that works for all children, not just Black or Brown children, but what we are going to do first and foremost is start with those kids who have been marginalized and neglected for centuries.

3. Bonnie Campbell:

   First and foremost people vote for candidates that they like, people who connect with them emotionally. I think that helps with everybody but certainly it helps with women and the men who love them. It just makes her a more complete person.

4. Damon Whiteside:

   While we were disappointed to postpone our April show in Las Vegas, we couldn't be more thrilled to host the rescheduled 55th ACM Awards in the home of Country Music for the first time in the Academy's history, first and foremost, we want to ensure the safety of our artists and industry, and to ease the burdens of traveling large teams ; therefore, we decided to bring the ACM Awards to them this September in Nashville.

5. Scott Gottlieb:

   Wherever we can, we will look at the safety mission first and foremost, but you know what will happen is that more of the routine work and more of the day-to-day review work will slow down, a lot of it slowed down already.