Dictionary Definition
utmost adj
1 of the greatest possible degree or extent or
intensity; "extreme cold"; "extreme caution"; "extreme pleasure";
"utmost contempt"; "to the utmost degree"; "in the uttermost
distress" [syn: extreme,
utmost(a),
uttermost(a)]
2 highest in extent or degree; "to the last
measure of human endurance"; "whether they were accomplices in the
last degree or a lesser one was...to be determined individually"
[syn: last]
3 (comparatives of `far') most remote in space or
time or order; "had traveled to the farthest frontier"; "don't go
beyond the farthermost (or furthermost) tree"; "explored the
furthest reaches of space"; "the utmost tip of the peninsula" [syn:
farthermost,
farthest, furthermost, furthest, uttermost] n : the greatest
possible degree; "he tried his utmost" [syn: uttermost, maximum, level
best]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- (US)
- /ˈʌtmoʊst/
- /"VtmoUst/
- (UK)
- /ˈʌtməʊst/
- /"Vtm@Ust/
Adjective
utmostRelated terms
Translations
Situated at the most distant limit
The most extreme, ultimate
- Dutch: uiterst, hoogst
- French: plus grand
- German: äußerst
- Greek: υπέρτατος
- Japanese: 最大の
- Portuguese: extremo, derradeiro
- Swedish: yttersta
Translations to be checked
Translations
maximum
- Dutch: uiterste
- French: maximum , plus grand
- Japanese: 最大
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
acme,
all, apex, apogee, at the height, at the
limit, best, brow, cap, ceiling, climax, cloud nine, crest, crown, culmen, culmination, edge, end, extreme, extreme limit, extremity, far out, farthest, first-class,
first-rate, furthermost, furthest, greatest, heaven, heavens, height, high noon, highest, highest degree, highest
pitch, highest point, limit, maximal, maximum, meridian, most, mountaintop, ne plus ultra,
no place higher, noon, nth
degree, outermost,
outmost, outside, peak, pinnacle, pitch, point, pole, radical, remotest, ridge, seventh heaven, sky, spire, summit, superlative, supreme, the whole, tip, tip-top, too much, top, top-notch, topmost, ultra, ultra-ultra, upmost, upper extremity, uppermost, utmost extent,
uttermost, vertex, very top, way out,
zenith