 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
utmost
adjective
1: 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)}]
2: 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}]
3: (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}, {uttermost}]
noun: the greatest possible degree; "he tried his utmost" [syn: {uttermost},
{maximum}, {level best}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Utmost \Ut"most'\, noun
The most that can be; the farthest limit; the greatest power,
degree, or effort; as, he has done his utmost; try your
utmost.
We have tried the utmost of our friends. --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Utmost \Ut"most'\, adjective [OE. utmeste, utemest, AS. ?temest, a
superlative fr. ?te out. ????. See {Out}, and cf.
{Aftermost}, {Outmost}, {Uttermost}.]
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.
We coasted within two leagues of Antibes, which is
the utmost town in France. --Evelyn.
Betwixt two thieves I spend my utmost breath.
--Herbert.
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.
He shall answer . . . to his utmost peril. --Shak.
Six or seven thousand is their utmost power. --Shak.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
81 Moby Thesaurus words for "utmost":
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
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