paramount
Other forms: paramountly
To the President, protecting our nation's security is of paramount importance — it's at the very top of his to-do list.
Paramount goes way beyond "important." It's absolutely critical. Something that is of paramount importance has a great urgency to it. Getting your oil changed is important, but making sure your car's brakes are working before you drive down a steep, icy slope is absolutely paramount.
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more important than anything else; supreme
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having superior power or influencesynonyms: overriding, predominant, predominate, preponderant, preponderating, prepotentdominantexercising influence or control
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