Synonyms of most

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adverb (1)

as in extremely

to a great degree

a most careful driver, especially in bad weather

Synonyms & Similar Words

• extremely
• very
• incredibly
• highly
• terribly
• too
• so
• damn
• damned
• far
• really
• badly
• much
• especially
• severely
• seriously
• intensely
• that
• desperately
• particularly
• super
• wildly
• heavily
• such
• greatly
• full
• jolly
• exceptionally
• real
• fiercely
• absolutely
• immensely
• exceedingly
• specially
• supremely
• hugely
• vitally
• extra
• mighty
• awfully
• fantastically
• way
• totally
• uncommonly
• good and
• eminently
• fabulously
• awful
• thoroughly
• surpassingly
• completely
• remarkably
• utterly
• frightfully
• enormously
• wicked
• passing
• achingly
• vastly
• deadly
• deeply
• a lot
• entirely
• ever
• mortally
• beastly
• sore
• positively
• majorly
• bone
• cracking
• dang
• roaring
• archly
• rattling
• sorely
• almighty
• wholly
• significantly
• monstrous
• whacking
• roaringly
• blisteringly
• filthy
• colossally
• mightily
• spanking
• fully
• thumping
• downright
• notably
• right
• noticeably
• considerably
• stinking
• profoundly
• obviously
• unco
• radically
• as all get-out
• visibly
• corking
• substantially
• purely
• extensively
• flat-out
• markedly
• abundantly
• altogether
• palpably
• plentifully
• amazingly
• excessively
• astonishingly
• discernibly
• plainly
• monumentally
• appreciably
• obscenely
• staggeringly
• astronomically
• overmuch
• monstrously
• grandly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• somewhat
• little
• slightly
• nominally
• just
• negligibly
• hardly
• scarcely
• barely
• minimally
• marginally
• scantily
• meagerly

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adverb (2)

as in almost

very close to but not completely

the cost of most everything is higher nowadays

Synonyms & Similar Words

• almost
• nearly
• practically
• fairly
• about
• virtually
• pretty much
• just about
• somewhere
• much
• mostly
• next to
• more or less
• fair
• as good as
• all but
• mainly
• largely
• nigh
• well-nigh
• somewhat
• near
• feckly
• borderline
• within an inch of
• chiefly
• partially
• appreciably
• by and large
• partly
• kind of

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• quite
• entirely
• completely
• fully
• absolutely
• thoroughly
• altogether
• well
• wholly
• totally
• utterly
• plain
• hardly
• plumb
• scarcely
• barely

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adjective

ˈmōst 

as in maximum

of the greatest or highest degree or quantity

the player with the most ability on the tennis team

Synonyms & Similar Words

• maximum
• utmost
• ultimate
• largest
• last
• paramount
• outside
• supreme
• uttermost
• biggest
• max
• top
• nth
• consummate
• unparalleled
• unequaled
• unrivaled
• unmatched
• unsurpassed
• uppermost
• hugest
• topmost
• upmost

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• least
• minimum
• minimal
• slightest
• smallest
• lowest
• tiniest
• littlest
• minutest
• fewest

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noun

as in best

the greatest amount, number, or part

this room will accommodate 50 people at the most

Synonyms & Similar Words

• maximum
• best
• outside
• max
• utmost
• ultimate
• extreme

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• least
• minimum

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of most

Adverb

The infection is most commonly passed between men who sleep with other men. — Devika Rao, TheWeek, 23 Oct. 2026

Japan and Germany became the second- and third-most-powerful economies on earth, yet neither sought nuclear weapons or the ability to defend itself alone. — Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026

Adjective

Yet many studies have found that most women who commit filicide have, like Nakira, never been in trouble with the law before. — Anja Aronowsky Cronberg, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026

Earlier this year, the hotel unveiled la Pomme de New York by Claude Lalanne, a monumental work among the artist’s most iconic creations. — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2026