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Maximum

The greatest quantity or value attainable in a given case; or, the greatest value attained by a quantity which first increases and then begins to decrease; the highest point or degree; -- opposed to minimum.

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Sublime 84% connected

Lifted up; high in place; exalted aloft; uplifted; lofty.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Sublime 84% connected

Lifted up; high in place; exalted aloft; uplifted; lofty.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Supreme 84% connected

Highest in authority; holding the highest place in authority, government, or power.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Supreme 84% connected

Highest in authority; holding the highest place in authority, government, or power.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Bound 76% connected

of Bind

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Boundary 76% connected

That which indicates or fixes a limit or extent, or marks a bound, as of a territory; a bounding or separating line; a real or imaginary limit.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Limit 76% connected

That which terminates, circumscribes, restrains, or confines; the bound, border, or edge; the utmost extent; as, the limit of a walk, of a town, of a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Peak 76% connected

A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Maximize 74% connected

To increase to the highest degree.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Maximize 74% connected

To increase to the highest degree.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Utmost 74% connected

Situated at the farthest point or extremity; farthest out; most distant; extreme; as, the utmost limits of the land; the utmost extent of human knowl…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Utmost 74% connected

Situated at the farthest point or extremity; farthest out; most distant; extreme; as, the utmost limits of the land; the utmost extent of human knowl…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Utmost 92% connected

Situated at the farthest point or extremity; farthest out; most distant; extreme; as, the utmost limits of the land; the utmost extent of human knowl…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Uttermost 92% connected

Extreme; utmost; being; in the farthest, greatest, or highest degree; as, the uttermost extent or end.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Minimum 94% connected

The least quantity assignable, admissible, or possible, in a given case; hence, a thing of small consequence; -- opposed to maximum.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Minimum 94% connected

The least quantity assignable, admissible, or possible, in a given case; hence, a thing of small consequence; -- opposed to maximum.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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