Thesaurus:above all

Thesaurus

above all

English

Adverb

Sense: of a primary or central nature; most importantly

Synonyms

• above all
• chiefly
• especially
• first and foremost
• namely (now rare)
• particularly
• primarily

Antonyms

• ancillarily
• parenthetically    [⇒ thesaurus]
• secondarily

Hypernyms

• importantly
• pertinently    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:fundamentally
• Thesaurus:mostly

Further reading

• “642. importance” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “above all” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.