foremost

foremost
    adv 1: prominently forward; "he put his best foot foremost"
           [syn: {foremost}, {first}]
    2: before anything else; "first we must consider the garter
       snake" [syn: {first}, {firstly}, {foremost}, {first of all},
       {first off}]
    adj 1: ranking above all others; "was first in her class"; "the
           foremost figure among marine artists"; "the top graduate"
           [syn: {first}, {foremost}, {world-class}]
    2: preceding all others in spatial position; "the foremost
       compartment of the ship" [syn: {foremost}, {frontmost}]
    3: situated closest to the bow; "the foremost compartment of the
       ship"
    

Foremost \Fore"most`\, a. [OE. formest first, AS. formest,
   fyrmest, superl. of forma first, which is a superl. fr. fore
   fore; cf. Goth. frumist, fruma, first. See {Fore}, adv., and
   cf. {First}, {Former}, {Frame}, v. t., {Prime}, a.]
   First in time or place; most advanced; chief in rank or
   dignity; as, the foremost troops of an army.
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         THat struck the foremost man of all this world. --Shak.
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90 Moby Thesaurus words for "foremost":
      ahead, all-absorbing, antecedent, anterior, arch, banner, before,
      best, capital, cardinal, central, champion, chief, controlling,
      crowning, dominant, exordial, first, firstly, focal, fore,
      foregoing, forehand, forward, front, frontal, great, head, heading,
      headmost, hegemonic, highest, in advance, in front,
      in the forefront, in the foreground, in the front, in the lead,
      inaugural, initial, initiatory, leading, magisterial, maiden, main,
      master, notable, noted, noteworthy, overriding, overruling,
      paramount, precedent, preceding, precessional, precursory,
      predominant, preeminent, prefatory, preliminary, preludial,
      prelusive, premier, preparatory, preponderant, prevailing,
      prevenient, primal, primarily, primary, prime, principal, prior,
      proemial, prominent, propaedeutic, ranking, ruling, sovereign,
      star, stellar, supereminent, superior, supreme, to the fore,
      to the front, topflight, topmost, up ahead, uppermost