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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Foremost \Fore"most'\, adjective [OE. formest first, AS. formest, fyrmest, superl. of forma first, which is a superl. fr. fore fore; cf. Goth. frumist, fruma, first. See {Fore}, adverb, and cf. {First}, {Former}, {Frame}, verb (used with an object), {Prime}, adjective] First in time or place; most advanced; chief in rank or dignity; as, the foremost troops of an army.
THat struck the foremost man of all this world. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
foremost
adjective
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}]
adverb
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}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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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