[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

foremost \fore"most`\, a. oe. formest first, as. formest,
   fyrmest, superl. of forma first, which is a superl. fr. fore
   fore; cf. goth. frumist, fruma, first. see fore, adv., and
   cf. first, former, frame, v. t., prime, a.
   first in time or place; most advanced; chief in rank or
   dignity; as, the foremost troops of an army.
   1913 webster

         that struck the foremost man of all this world. --shak.
   1913 webster
see also:
fore first former frame prime 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

foremost
     adj 1: ranking above all others; "was first in her class"; "the
            foremost figure among marine artists"; "the top
            graduate" syn: first, world-class
     2: situated closest to the bow; "the foremost compartment of
        the ship"
     3: preceding all others in spatial position; "the foremost
        compartment of the ship" syn: frontmost
     adv 1: prominently forward; "he put his best foot foremost" syn: first
     2: before anything else; "first we must consider the garter
        snake" syn: first, firstly, first of all, first
        off
see also:
first world-class frontmost firstly first of all first off 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

90 moby thesaurus words for "foremost":
   ahead, all-absorbing, antecedent, anterior, arch, banner, before,
   best, capital, cardinal, central, champion, chief, controlling,
   crowning, dominant, exordial, first, firstly, focal, fore,
   foregoing, forehand, forward, front, frontal, great, head, heading,
   headmost, hegemonic, highest, in advance, in front,
   in the forefront, in the foreground, in the front, in the lead,
   inaugural, initial, initiatory, leading, magisterial, maiden, main,
   master, notable, noted, noteworthy, overriding, overruling,
   paramount, precedent, preceding, precessional, precursory,
   predominant, preeminent, prefatory, preliminary, preludial,
   prelusive, premier, preparatory, preponderant, prevailing,
   prevenient, primal, primarily, primary, prime, principal, prior,
   proemial, prominent, propaedeutic, ranking, ruling, sovereign,
   star, stellar, supereminent, superior, supreme, to the fore,
   to the front, topflight, topmost, up ahead, uppermost

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