Definitions for: Foremost


[adv] before anything else; "first we must consider the garter snake"
[adv] prominently forward; "he put his best foot foremost"
[adj] preceding all others in spatial position; "the foremost compartment of the ship"
[adj] ranking above all others; "was first in her class"; "the foremost figure among marine artists"; "the top graduate"
[adj] situated closest to the bow; "the foremost compartment of the ship"



Webster (1913) Definition: Fore"most`, a. [OE. formest first, AS. formest,
fyrmest, superl. of forma first, which is a superl. fr. fore
fore; cf. Goth. frumist, fruma, first. See Fore, adv., and
cf. First, Former, Frame, v. t., Prime, a.]
First in time or place; most advanced; chief in rank or
dignity; as, the foremost troops of an army.

THat struck the foremost man of all this world. --Shak.

Synonyms: best, first, first, first of all, first off, firstly, fore(a), front(a), frontmost, top(a)

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