maximum

Speech parts

1. maximum - Noun

2. maximum - Adjective

Meaning

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.

Greatest in quantity or highest in degree attainable or attained; as, a maximum consumption of fuel; maximum pressure; maximum heat.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

utmost upper limit max top summit apex limit peak ceiling extremity zenith pinnacle topmost uppermost uttermost
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Antonyms

minimum foundation basso least low base
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Hypernyms

limit bound peak boundary extremum large indefinite amount

Hyponyms

cap

Phrases with the word

maximum yellow maximum velocity maximum city maximum taxi mass maximum contribution maximum engagement

Derivatives

maxima

Examples

The purpose of human life and the sense of happiness is to give the maximum what the man is able to give. Alexander Alekhine

I want minimum information given with maximum politeness. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

For since the fabric of the universe is most perfect, and is the work of a most wise Creator, nothing whatsoever takes place in the universe in which some relation of maximum and minimum does not appear. Leonhard Euler

The journalistic vision sharpens to the point of maximum impact every event, every individual and social configuration; but the honing is uniform. George Steiner

I had a quick grasp of the secret to sanity, it had become the ability to hold the maximum of impossible combinations in one's mind. Norman Mailer

This persistence as private firms continued because it ensured the maximum of anonymity and secrecy to persons of tremendous public power who dreaded public knowledge of their activities as an evil almost as great as inflation. Carroll Quigley

Close letter words and terms

maximizing Maximo maximon maximum alert maximum allowed speed maximum altitude