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first and foremost

ADVERB

mainly

Synonyms

STRONG

chiefly primarily principally

WEAK

above all essentially generally in general in the main largely most of all mostly on the whole overall predominantly substantially to the greatest extent usually

Antonyms

STRONG

secondarily

ADVERB

primarily

Synonyms

WEAK

at first at the start from the start in the first place initially originally primitively

Antonyms

WEAK

finally secondarily

ADVERB

principally

Synonyms

STRONGEST

basically chiefly generally importantly largely mostly notably particularly predominantly

STRONG

primarily

WEAK

above all before anything else cardinally dominantly eminently especially essentially first of all for the most part fundamentally in the first place in the main materially peculiarly preeminently prevailingly prevalently substantially superlatively supremely to a great degree universally vitally

Antonyms

WEAK

secondarily trivially

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first and foremost

"We will discuss all the issues on the agenda, first and foremost Iran. Naturally, our goal is to safeguard our security and also to expand the circle of peace around us," he added.

From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026

"We really want Merlin to be fun and easy to use, first and foremost, and have it be a place where you can jump in and think about your world of birds," she said.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

The bonds are investment grade, first and foremost, so the risk of issuers defaulting is relatively low.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

With LeBron we had a king shaping his fiefdom to first and foremost best serve him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026

“This is extremely serious, and first and foremost I’m glad to hear you say you are okay, Jules. I want you to know that’s my first concern.”

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely

first and foremost

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