say it: PER-uh-mownt
paramount is an adjective meaning "having superior power and influence". It carries one recorded sense.
having superior power and influence
“the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for paramount come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.