paramount
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par·a·mount
(păr'ə-mount') 
adj.
One that has the highest rank, power, or authority.
paramountly par'a·mount'ly adv.
adj.
- Of chief concern or importance: tending first to one's paramount needs.
- Supreme in rank, power, or authority. See synonyms at dominant.
One that has the highest rank, power, or authority.
[Anglo-Norman paramont, above : par, by (from Latin per) + amont, above, upward; see amount.]
paramountcy par'a·mount'cy n.paramountly par'a·mount'ly adv.
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paramount
adjective
- Most important, influential, or significant: capital, cardinal, chief, first, foremost, key, leading, main, major, number one, premier, primary, prime, principal, top. See important/unimportant.
- Exercising controlling power or influence: commanding, controlling, dominant, dominating, dominative, governing, preponderant, regnant, reigning, ruling. See over/under.
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paramount
adj
Definition: principal, superior
Antonyms: inferior, last, least, less, lesser, lowest, minor, secondary, smallest, trivial
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Paramount may refer to:
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Companies
- Paramount Motion Pictures Group, a motion picture holding company owned by Viacom
- Paramount Pictures, a motion picture studio
- Paramount Vantage, specialty film division of Paramount Pictures
- CBS Paramount Television, a television studio and library
- Paramount Television, former incarnation of CBS Paramount Television
- Paramount Home Entertainment, a division of Paramount Pictures for home video distribution
- United Paramount Network (UPN), a defunct American television network
- Paramount Television Service, a failed commercial television network from the late 1970s
- Paramount Parks, a defunct chain of theme parks
- Paramount Communications, company known as Gulf and Western Industries until 1989
- Paramount Comedy 1, UK television station
- Paramount Comedy 2, UK television station
- Paramount Comedy (Spain), a television channel in Spain
- Paramount Resources, a Canadian petroleum company
Music
- Paramount Records, a defunct record label
- Paramount Records (1969), a defunct record label
- Paramount Music Corporation, a defunct music publishing company
Entertainment
- Paramount Arts Center, a historic theater located in Ashland, Kentucky
- Paramount (Shanghai), a historical nightclub/ballroom in Shanghai, China
- Paramount Theater (disambiguation)
- Paramount Theaters, a Famous Players chain owned by Cineplex
- United Paramount Theatres, a movie theater chain
Other uses
- Paramount Airways, an airline based in Chennai, India
- Paramount, California, USA, a city in Los Angeles County
- Paramount, Yolo County, California, former town in Yolo County, California
- The Paramount at Buckhead, a residential skyscraper in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Paramount Cars, a specialist British car maker active between 1950 and 1956
- Paramount chief, the highest-level traditional (usually tribal) chief or political leader in a region or country
- Paramount leader, the highest leader in the People's Republic of China
- Paramount, a difficulty level in Dance Dance Revolution
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Paramount
Dansk (Danish)
adj. - størst
n. - største vigtighed
Nederlands (Dutch)
de hoogste prioriteit genietende, de hoogste autoriteit
Français (French)
adj. - suprême
n. - chef suprême
Deutsch (German)
adj. - höchst, oberst
n. - oberster Herrscher
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - υπέρτατος, ύψιστος, εξαίρετος, πρώτιστος
n. - ανώτατος άρχων
Italiano (Italian)
dominante, eminente, sommo, supremo
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - supremo, da maior importância
n. - chefe supremo (m)
Русский (Russian)
верховный, высший
Español (Spanish)
adj. - supremo, extremo, sumo
n. - lo supremo o extremo, el sumo
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - högst, förnämst, av största vikt, dominerande
n. - överherre, den högststående
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
最重要的, 至上的, 最高的, 首长, 最高当局
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 最重要的, 至上的, 最高的
n. - 首長, 最高當局
한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 최고의, 주요한, 보다 뛰어난
n. - 최고 권위자, 수령, 군주
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 最高の, 最も重要な
العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) إسمي, أعلى, أعظم (الاسم) ذو سلكه عليا, حاكم أعلى
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - מעל לכל, חשוב ביותר, ראשי, עליון, בעל סמכות עליונה
n. - שליט
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