Definitions for Paramount

Paramount par·a·mount

Spelling: [par-uh-mount]
IPA: /ˈpær əˌmaʊnt/

Paramount is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 424 anagrams from letters in Paramount (aamnoprtu).

Definitions for Paramount

noun

  1. a supreme ruler; overlord.
  2. a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.

adjective

  1. chief in importance or impact; supreme; preeminent:
  2. above others in rank or authority; superior in power or jurisdiction.

Origin of Paramount

1525-35; Anglo-French paramont above, equivalent to par per- + a mont Latin ad montem to the mountain, hence, in Old French: upward, above; see ad-<

Examples for Paramount

But all the studios like paramount that do art house films passed on it.

Hitchcock said that when Vertigo was finished, he took it to New York to screen it for the paramount executives.

At one time this would have been his paramount, almost sole anxiety.

But it is also a rejoinder to the view, which I expressed, that ethical norms are paramount.

As a strategist his qualities came to be recognized as paramount in that body.

He would talk to Mecallari and the staff about what was of paramount importance to him, his two sons.

Steadily, imperceptibly, and surely, until it was paramount and supreme.

In fact, it is the paramount law from a Darwinian stand-point.

Studies have shown that getting eight hours of sleep is paramount to achieving high performance.

Woman's duty to society is paramount, she is the guardian of the Race-body and Race-soul.

Word Value for Paramount
Scrable

13

Words with friends

17

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