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[ top-mohst or, especially British, -muhst ] / ˈtɒpˌmoʊst or, especially British, -məst / SEE SYNONYMS FOR topmost ON THESAURUS.COM
Origin of topmostFirst recorded in 1690–1700; top1 + -most Words nearby topmosttopman, top management, topmast, topmaul, topminnow, topmost, topneck, topnotch, topo-, topoanesthesia, topochemistry Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for topmostIt becomes clearer by the day how cleverly Obama checkmated both Clintons by putting Hillary in the topmost Cabinet job. Hillary, Take Off Your Burqa|Tina Brown|July 13, 2009|DAILY BEAST It becomes clearer by the day how brilliantly Obama checkmated both Clintons by putting Hillary in the topmost Cabinet job. Hillary, Take Off Your Burqa|Tina Brown|July 13, 2009|DAILY BEAST A crane came and built in the topmost branches of the tree, and for many years they watched the birds rear their young. Old-World Japan|Frank Rinder If her dress did not prove that she was on the topmost bough of the tree, then nothing could.
The crescent moon rose and floated over its reflection in Red Tarn; and now the wanderer has reached the topmost, silent peak. Poachers and Poaching|John Watson Simpkins, in his shirt-sleeves, was lighting the topmost candle. The Upas Tree|Florence L. Barclay But it is a fact that I, in whom pride has ever been the topmost quality, have never expressed sorrow to any one for anything. Zuleika Dobson|Max Beerbohm
British Dictionary definitions for topmost
adjectivehighest; at or nearest the top Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to topmostcapital, chief, crack, crowning, culminating, dominant, elite, excellent, fine, finest, first, first-class, first-rate, foremost, head, highest, lead, leading, loftiest, maximal |