'Utmost' definitions:
Definition of 'utmost'
From: WordNet
adjective
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)]
adjective
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, utmost]
adjective
(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, utmost, uttermost]
noun
Definition of 'Utmost'
From: GCIDE
- Utmost \Ut"most`\, a. [OE. utmeste, utemest, AS. ?temest, a superlative fr. ?te out. ????. See Out, and cf. Aftermost, Outmost, Uttermost.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Situated at the farthest point or extremity; farthest out; most distant; extreme; as, the utmost limits of the land; the utmost extent of human knowledge. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- We coasted within two leagues of Antibes, which is the utmost town in France. --Evelyn. [1913 Webster]
- Betwixt two thieves I spend my utmost breath. --Herbert. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Being in the greatest or highest degree, quantity, number, or the like; greatest; as, the utmost assiduity; the utmost harmony; the utmost misery or happiness. [1913 Webster]
- He shall answer . . . to his utmost peril. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Six or seven thousand is their utmost power. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Utmost'
From: GCIDE
- Utmost \Ut"most`\, n. The most that can be; the farthest limit; the greatest power, degree, or effort; as, he has done his utmost; try your utmost. [1913 Webster]
- We have tried the utmost of our friends. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'utmost'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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