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| Main Entry: | maximum |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | highest, utmost |
| Synonyms: | best, most, outside, paramount, superlative, supreme, top, ultimate, biggest, greatest, largest, maximal, mostest, topmost |
| Antonyms: | least, lowest, minimum, smallest |
| Main Entry: | maximum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | upper limit, greatest amount |
| Synonyms: | apex, apogee, ceiling, climax, crest, culmination, extremity, height, most, nonpareil, peak, pinnacle, record, summit, supremacy, top, utmost, uttermost, zenith, max, maxi, preeminence, the end |
| Antonyms: | least, low, minimum, smallest |
| Main Entry: | all-out |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | total |
| Synonyms: | absolute, complete, full-blown, full-scale, full-scale, maximum |
| Antonyms: | half-hearted, halfway |
| Main Entry: | apex |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | top, high point |
| Synonyms: | acme, apogee, climax, crest, crown, culmination, cusp, height, maximum, meridian, most*, ne plus ultra, peak, pinnacle, point, roof, spire, summit, tip, vertex, zenith, greatest, max, sublimity, tops, up there |
| Antonyms: | nadir |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | climax |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | peak, culmination |
| Synonyms: | acme, apex, apogee, ascendancy, crest, extremity, head, height, highlight, limit, maximum, meridian, ne plus ultra, orgasm, payoff*, pinnacle, pitch, summit, tiptop, top, turning point, utmost, zenith, capsheaf, capstone, climacteric, crowning point, high spot, intensification |
| Antonyms: | anticlimax, cliffhanger |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | culmination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conclusion; climactic stage |
| Synonyms: | acme, apex, apogee, climax, completion, consummation, critical mass, crown, finale, finish, height, limit, maximum, meridian, ne plus ultra, noon, payoff, peak, perfection, pinnacle, punch line*, summit, top, zenith, all the way, blow off*, capper, crowning touch |
| Antonyms: | beginning, commencement, opening, start |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | extreme |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ultimate; limit |
| Synonyms: | acme, apex, apogee, bitter end, boundary, ceiling, climax, consummation, crest, crown, culmination, depth, edge, end, excess, extremity, height, maximum, nadir, peak, pinnacle, pole, termination, top, utmost, uttermost, zenith, inordinancy, nth degree |
| Main Entry: | most |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | best, greatest |
| Synonyms: | better, biggest, greater, highest, largest, lion's share, max, maximum, ultimate, utmost, uttermost |
| Antonyms: | least |
| Main Entry: | optimal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | optimum |
| Synonyms: | 24-carat, ace, best, capital, choice, excellent, flawless, highest, ideal, matchless, maximum, peak, peerless, perfect, select, superlative, top, A1, choicest, gilt-edge, greatest, most advantageous, most favorable, solid gold, world class |
| Main Entry: | optimum |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | best |
| Synonyms: | -carat, ace, capital, choice, excellent, flawless, highest, ideal, matchless, maximum, optimal, peak, peerless, perfect, select, superlative, A1, choicest, gilt-edge, greatest, most advantageous, most favorable, solid gold, world class |
| Antonyms: | least, worst, poorest |
| Main Entry: | principal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | most important |
| Synonyms: | arch, capital, cardinal, champion, chief, controlling, crowning, dominant, essential, first, foremost, head, highest, incomparable, key, leading, main, major, matchless, maximum, outstanding, paramount, peerless, predominant, preeminent, premier, prevailing, primary, prime, prominent, sovereign, star, stellar, superior, supreme, transcendent, unapproachable, unequaled, unparalleled, unrivaled, greatest, mainline, second-to-none, strongest, supereminent |
| Notes: | principle means fundamental, as in beliefs or truths or understandings and it is always a noun; principal can be a noun or adjective meaning chief or of first importance |
| Antonyms: | auxiliary, extra, least, lesser, minor, secondary, trivial, unimportant |
| Main Entry: | supreme |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | greatest, principal |
| Synonyms: | absolute, best, cardinal, chief, crowning, excellent, extreme, final, first, foremost, head, highest, incomparable, last, leading, marvelous, matchless, maximum, paramount, peerless, perfect, predominant, preeminent, prevailing, prime, sovereign, superb, superlative, terminal, top, top-drawer, towering, transcendent, ultimate, unequaled, unmatched, unparalleled, unsurpassed, utmost, closing, culminating, surpassing, unsurpassable |
| Antonyms: | inferior, least, lowly, minor, poor, serving, littlest |
| Main Entry: | top |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | best, most important; highest |
| Synonyms: | capital, chief, crack, crowning, dominant, elite, excellent, fine, first, first-class, first-rate, foremost, head, lead, leading, maximum, outside, paramount, preeminent, primary, prime, principal, ruling, sovereign, superior, supreme, tiptop*, top-drawer, top-notch, upper, uppermost, apical, culminating, finest, five-star, greatest, loftiest, maximal, topmost |
| Antonyms: | least, low, lower, lowest, second-rate, unimportant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | highest |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | topmost |
| Synonyms: | best, capital, chief, crown, head, maximum, most, paramount, preeminent, principal, superlative, supreme, tiptop, top, top-notch, uppermost, apical, maximal, zenithal |
| Main Entry: | extreme |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very great |
| Synonyms: | acute, consummate, high, highest, intense, maximum, severe, sovereign, supreme, top, ultimate, utmost, uttermost, maximal |
| Antonyms: | limited, mild, moderate |
| Main Entry: | extremity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ultimate; limit |
| Synonyms: | acme, acuteness, adversity, apex, apogee, border, bound, boundary, brim, brink, butt, climax, consummation, crisis, depth, dire straits, disaster, edge, end, excess, extreme, frontier, height, last, margin, maximum, nadir, outside, pinnacle, plight, pole, remote, rim, setback, terminal, termination, tip, top, trouble, verge, vertex, zenith, extremes, terminus |
| Main Entry: | limit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | greatest extent |
| Synonyms: | absolute, bitter end, border, bottom line*, bound, breaking point*, brim, brink, cap, ceiling, check, conclusion, confinement, confines, curb, deadline, destination, edge, end, extremity, far out, fence, finality, goal, limitation, margin, maximum, obstruction, restraint, restriction, rim, termination, ultimate, utmost, verge, bourne, circumscription, cutoff point, end point, farthest point, farthest reach, the max, the most, tops |
| Antonyms: | infinity, limitlessness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | top |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | highest point |
| Synonyms: | acme, apex, apogee, cap, capital, ceiling, climax, cork, cover, crest, crown, culmination, cusp, face, head, height, lid, limit, maximum, meridian, peak, pinnacle, point, roof, spire, stopper, summit, surface, tip, utmost, vertex, zenith, fastigium, finial, high point, superficies |
| Antonyms: | base, bottom, foot, lowest, nadir |
| Main Entry: | full |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thorough |
| Synonyms: | absolute, abundant, adequate, all-inclusive, ample, broad, circumstantial, complete, comprehensive, copious, detailed, entire, exhaustive, extensive, generous, integral, itemized, maximum, minute, particular, perfect, plenary, plentiful, unabridged, unlimited, whole, blow-by-blow, choate, clocklike, particularized, plenteous |
| Antonyms: | incomplete |
| Main Entry: | height |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | climax; importance |
| Synonyms: | acme, crest, crisis, culmination, dignity, eminence, end, exaltation, extremity, grandeur, heyday*, limit, maximum, ne plus ultra*, prominence, top, ultimate, uttermost, crowning point, high point, loftiness, sublimity, utmost degree |
| Antonyms: | bottom, nadir, unimportance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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