"utmost" adjective of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity; "extreme cold"; "extreme caution"; "extreme pleasure"; "utmost contempt"; "to the utmost degree"; "in the uttermost distress" [syn: extreme (http://word.sc/extreme), utmost(a) (http://word.sc/utmost(a)), uttermost(a) (http://word.sc/uttermost(a))] highest in extent or degree; "to the last measure of human endurance"; "whether they were accomplices in the last degree or a lesser one was...to be determined individually" [syn: last (http://word.sc/last)] (comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order; "had traveled to the farthest frontier"; "don't go beyond the farthermost (or furthermost) tree"; "explored the furthest reaches of space"; "the utmost tip of the peninsula" [syn: farthermost (http://word.sc/farthermost), farthest (http://word.sc/farthest), furthermost (http://word.sc/furthermost), furthest (http://word.sc/furthest), uttermost (http://word.sc/uttermost)] noun the greatest possible degree; "he tried his utmost" [syn: uttermost (http://word.sc/uttermost), maximum (http://word.sc/maximum), level best (http://word.sc/level best)] Source: http://www.word.sc/utmost

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