[ US /ˈpɛɹəˌmaʊnt/ ]
[ UK /pˈæɹəmˌa‍ʊnt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. having superior power and influence
    the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism
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How To Use paramount In A Sentence

  • In an effort to sanitize Paramount's portrait of a demimondaine, the studio publicity department churned out reams of flapdoodle, defining Holly as a "kook" rather than a B-girl. When Words Go Lightly to Screen
  • Between them, father and son have carved out a place where the song, the voice and the delivery of a real and recognisable emotion are paramount. Times, Sunday Times
  • His boundless energy and enthusiasm were infectious and his pride in his family paramount. Times, Sunday Times
  • All the territory of an administrative chiefdom is technically held by the paramount chief.
  • The Barotse are the paramount tribe in the region of the Upper Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"
  • The veil symbolizes the idea of modesty and conveys the lesson that however attractive physical appearances may be, the soul and character are paramount.
  • Hossein Aimani, an owner of Paramount, said he uses the term osetra for baerii because "in the last few years that's what the market has done," adding that he might rethink his labeling. NYT > Home Page
  • For future markets, conformation and a consistently high yield of saleable meat will be paramount.
  • Thus shall we show that loyalty to this government of freemen is a sacred and paramount obligation, to be thrown off only less easily than loyalty to God. God's Ways Unsearchable
  • After the comfort and homeliness of Aaron's apartment, nothing could prepare us for our suite at the Paramount.
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