GREATEST Synonyms: 94 Similar and Opposite Words

greatest

adjective

as in highest

coming before all others in importance the greatest achievement in the history of cinema

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as in utmost

of the highest degree I have the greatest respect for the selfless medical missionaries working around the world

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Adjective

Homegrown chip design firm SkyeChip also enjoyed a blockbuster IPO on the Bursa Malaysia stock exchange in May, surging 300% on its main market debut.

— Angelica Ang, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
AbdulSalam Mohammed, president of the Abaad Studies & Research Center and an adviser to Yemen’s Information Ministry, told the Washington Examiner that government forces are currently focused on defending against the Houthis along three main axes.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of main

Adjective

Korean hair care places utmost emphasis on scalp care, and the Scalp Revitalizing Solution Thickening Shampoo & Conditioner are prime examples.

— Sarah Han, Allure, 24 Sep. 2026
Like arachnids that crash postgame press conferences, math is spooky and mystifying and should be approached with the utmost caution.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of utmost

Adjective

The predominant suites—all of which have generous outdoor space—are spread across four buildings whose Indonesian names translate to mountain, hill, plateau and valley.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2026
Through the year 2027, architecture convergence will remain predominant, meaning centralized computing, zonal designs, maturing OTA functionality, shareable and reusable software platforms and stronger hardware/software modularity.

— Rajjie Sarmey, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of predominant

Adjective

The aircraft has an endurance of more than 30 hours, depending on its configuration and mission profile, and can achieve a maximum speed of approximately 210 knots.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
The maximum demand predicated for California is about 30 million or 35 million, Thompson said.

— Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of maximum

Adjective

The war crimes that were brought to the fore on the stage by Macklemore’s speech are the ones that should be the primary focus.

— Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026
Simmons made some phenomenal throws all over the field, including to his primary receiver, Cayden Lee.

— PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of primary

Adjective

Considered the foremost institution for Asian art in the United States, this additional space will give the museum more room to display roughly 4,000 historic and contemporary works from its more than 21,000-piece collection of Asian artists.

— Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Seeing the internet’s foremost disciple of glow meet the internet’s foremost purveyor of good lighting, though, feels quite satisfying—who else needs another excuse to update that Sephora cart?

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of foremost

Adjective

One is reminded of Toni Morrison, whose refusal to pander to the dominant gaze — whose insistence on writing about Black characters without regard for whoever else might be reading — unlocked its own kind of universality.

— Sam Worley, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
However, the iMac's M4 chip performed better in both single-core contests (representative of the most basic tasks) and Adobe Photoshop, where Macs have been dominant for years.

— Michael Justin Allen Sexton, PC Magazine, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of dominant

Adjective

However, Ukraine has this year made some progress against Russia's bigger army, according to the Institute for the Study of War.

— HANNA ARHIROVA, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
Orlando Bloom’s first big automotive splurge was a classic Porsche—a black 911S from 1973.

— Brett Berk, Robb Report, 2 Oct. 2026

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