to the highest degree

1. 1.

   used to form the superlative

   “the king cobra is the most dangerous snake”

   Synonymsmost

Questions about to the highest degree

What does to the highest degree mean?

to the highest degree means "used to form the superlative".

What is another word for to the highest degree?

Close synonyms include most. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is to the highest degree a common word?

to the highest degree is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.