Meaning

2 senses
  1. A chief or superior; (specifically, chiefly South Africa) an African chief having the highest status in a region; a paramount chief.

  2. (obsolete)A supreme ruler; an overlord; (specifically, historical) in the feudal system, a landowner who did not derive ownership of the land from anyone else, and who was able to grant fees to others; a lord paramount.

Examples

14 sentences
  1. Absolute secrecy is paramount.

  2. Safety is paramount.

    ruБезопасность превыше всего. — marafon

    deSicherheit geht vor. — Yorwba

  3. Honesty is paramount.

    deEhrlichkeit ist das Wichtigste. — Melang

  4. The idea is of paramount importance.

  5. It is paramount to all the others.

    deEs ist vorrangig vor allen anderen. — Tamy

Translations

1 languages

Forms

plural: paramounts
Singularparamount
Pluralparamounts

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
paramount — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto