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

Demographically, TikTok has always maintained a reputation of being most popular among Gen Z audiences, but that’s not always the case; social commerce spending actually skews higher toward Gen X and older Millennial audiences. — Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026

Tellingly, workers most often blame their own productivity performance on the general workplace culture and on managers who measure presence over output, rather than on their own discomfort with appearing lazy. — Barnaby Lashbrooke, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Adjective

Since the changes, most cities have softened their positions on the Oceanside project. — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026

True, for most of the first three months of the season, the Red Sox were probably better than their record. — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026