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Definition of foremost : First in time or place; most advanced; chief in rank or dignity; as, the foremost troops of an army.

Synonyms:

first off, for the first time, fore, main, key, important, world-class, cardinal, major, initiatory, initiative, firstly, premier, first of all, primary, frontmost, number one, prime, principal, study at principal, front, capital

formative, infant, inaugural, maiden, fetal, commencing, initial, early, dawned, preparatory, Genesis, first, beginning, nascent, primal, primeval, germinal, introductory, aboriginal, hatching, alpha, newborn, new, original, precursory, incipient, preliminary, embryonic, sprouting, primordial, budding, emerging, infantile, starting, baby

crowning, headmost, furthermost, maximum, consummate, champion, leading, choice, chief, signal, dominant, controlling, best, most, sovereign, superior, elite, master, A-1, eminent, above, predominant, paramount, quintessential, ruling, furthest, senior, chosen, uppermost, supreme, better, commanding, king, zenith, ascendant

highest, greatest, top, loftiest

facial, frontal, vanguard, front-most, avant-garde

Usage examples:

• This means, first and foremost, a knowledge of harmony, to which you may later add the study of counterpoint and forms. - "Piano Playing With Piano Questions Answered", Josef Hofmann.
• That knight was accounted the most nobly born who bore himself the foremost in the press. - "Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut", Wace.
• To preserve and perpetuate the national literature should be among the foremost cares of the National Legislature. - "Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present", Various.