What does foremost mean?
Word: Foremost
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Foremost means most important or best known; also first in place or position.
Synonyms: leading, principal, top
Antonyms: least, minor, last
How do you spell foremost?
Syllables: fore - most
Tricky part: Students often leave out the silent e after the r and write formost.
Watch out for: formost, fourmost
Memory tip: There is an e after the r that you never hear: put it in even though you do not say it.
Idioms and Phrases
- first and foremost: Most importantly; before anything else. Example: "First and foremost, wear a helmet whenever you ride your bike."
Foremost in a sentence
Example 1: Safety is the foremost concern of the engineers building the bridge.
Example 2: The foremost runner broke the tape and sank to the grass, exhausted.
Example 3: Maria Callas was one of the foremost opera singers of her time.
Fun Fact
The phrase first and foremost says the same thing twice, since both words mean coming before everything else. English has other such pairs, like each and every.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the correctly spelt compound word:
a) handkerchif
b) loudspeiker
c) foremost
d) wheelchare
Show answer
c) foremost. Handkerchief ends in ief, wheelchair in air and loudspeaker has ea.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
foremost
a) chief
b) youngest
c) newest
d) spare
Show answer
a) chief. The foremost thing is the most important, the chief one.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
estrmfoo
a) foremost
b) utmost
c) forest
d) footrest
Show answer
a) foremost. Footrest needs two t's, forest is too short and utmost has a u; the jumble has an m and two o's.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
f_rem_st
a) a, o
b) u, o
c) o, u
d) o, o
Show answer
d) o, o. Both vowels are o: the first after the f and the second before st.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. If health is your foremost reason for cycling to school, then health is ____.
a) a reason you forgot
b) the least of your reasons
c) your main reason
d) a reason only your friend has
Show answer
c) your main reason
2. In a line of marching cadets, the foremost cadet is the one ____.
a) at the very back
b) at the very front
c) who joined last
d) in the middle
Show answer
b) at the very front
