Paramount
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Paramount \Par"a*mount\, a. [OF. par amont above; par through,
by (L. per) + amont above. See {Amount}.]
Having the highest rank or jurisdiction; superior to all
others; chief; supreme; pre["e]minent; as, a paramount duty.
"A traitor paramount." --Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
{Lady paramount} (Archery), the lady making the best score.
{Lord paramount}, the king.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Syn. Superior; principal; preeminent; chief.
[1913 Webster]
from
U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Paramount, CA (city, FIPS 55618)
Location: 33.89555 N, 118.16407 W
Population (1990): 47669 (13726 housing units)
Area: 12.2 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 90723
from
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Paramount, CA -- U.S. city in California
Population (2000): 55266
Housing Units (2000): 14591
Land area (2000): 4.732354 sq. miles (12.256741 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.104873 sq. miles (0.271621 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4.837227 sq. miles (12.528362 sq. km)
FIPS code: 55618
Located within: California (CA), FIPS 06
Location: 33.899915 N, 118.166651 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 90723
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Paramount, CA
Paramount
from
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Paramount-Long Meadow, MD -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Maryland
Population (2000): 2722
Housing Units (2000): 1010
Land area (2000): 2.776208 sq. miles (7.190345 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.776208 sq. miles (7.190345 sq. km)
FIPS code: 59787
Located within: Maryland (MD), FIPS 24
Location: 39.682795 N, 77.697175 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Paramount-Long Meadow, MD
Paramount-Long Meadow
Paramount, MD
Paramount
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
162 Moby Thesaurus words for "paramount":
acmatic, all-absorbing, anointed king, apical, arch, ascendant,
at the head, banner, basic, best, boss, bwana, capital, cardinal,
central, champion, chef, chief, chieftain, choice,
church dignitary, commanding, consummate, controlling,
crowned head, crowning, dominant, dynast, ecclesiarch, elder,
elect, electronics king, elite, emperor, employer, essential,
first, focal, for the best, foremost, general, goodman, governing,
grand duke, great, greatest, guru, handpicked, head, headmost,
hegemonic, hegemonistic, high chief, highest, honcho, husband,
imperator, in ascendancy, in charge, in chief, in the ascendant,
king, king-emperor, kinglet, lead, leading, leading light, liege,
liege lord, lord, lord paramount, luminary, magisterial, main,
majesty, master, master spirit, matchless, maximal, maximum,
meridian, meridional, monarch, optimal, optimum, overbearing,
overlord, overmost, overriding, overruling, padrone, paterfamilias,
patriarch, patron, peerless, petty king, picked, potentate,
predominant, predominate, preeminent, premier, prepollent,
preponderant, preponderate, prepotent, prevailing, prevalent,
prima donna, primal, primary, prime, prince, prince consort,
principal, prize, quintessential, rabbi, ranking, regnant,
regulating, regulative, regulatory, reigning, requisite, royal,
royal personage, royalty, ruler, ruling, sahib, seigneur, seignior,
select, sovereign, star, starets, stellar, summital, supereminent,
superstar, supreme, surpassing, suzerain, teacher, tetrarch,
tip-top, top, top dog, topflight, topmost, ultimate, unmatchable,
unmatched, unparalleled, unsurpassed, upmost, uppermost, vertical,
very best, vital, zenithal
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