maximum

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: max=i=mum

CIDE DICTIONARY

maximum, n. [L., neut. from maximus the greatest. See Maxim.].

 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.  [1913 Webster]
"Good legislation is the art of conducting a nation to the maximum of happiness, and the minimum of misery."  [1913 Webster]

Maximum thermometer, a thermometer that registers the highest degree of temperature attained in a given time, or since its last adjustment.

maximum, a. 

 Greatest in quantity or highest in degree attainable or attained; as, a maximum consumption of fuel; maximum pressure; maximum heat.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

maximum, n. & adj.
--n. (pl. maxima) the highest possible or attainable amount.
--adj. that is a maximum.

Etymology

mod.L, neut. of L maximus, superl. of magnus great

THESAURUS

maximum

abundance, acmatic, acme, affluence, all, ample sufficiency, ampleness, amplitude, apex, apical, apogee, authority, authorization, avalanche, be-all and end-all, best, blue ribbon, bonanza, bountifulness, bountiousness, brow, bumper crop, cap, capital, ceiling, championship, chief, climactic, climax, cloud nine, command, comprehensive, consequential, considerable, consummate, control, copiousness, crest, crown, crowning, culmen, culmination, deep, directorship, dominion, edge, effectiveness, end, exhaustive, extravagance, extreme, extreme limit, extremity, exuberance, fertility, first place, first prize, first-class, first-rate, flood, flow, foison, full, full measure, fullness, generosity, generousness, grand, grave, great, great abundance, great plenty, greatest, gush, head, headmost, headship, heaven, heavens, heavy, hegemony, height, high noon, highest, highest degree, highest pitch, highest point, imperium, influence, intense, irresistible, jurisdiction, kingship, landslide, lavishness, leadership, liberality, liberalness, limit, lordship, lots, luxuriance, main, management, mastership, mastery, maximal, meridian, meridional, mighty, more than enough, most, mountaintop, much, myriad, myriads, ne plus ultra, new high, no place higher, noon, nth degree, numerousness, opulence, opulency, outpouring, outside, overflow, overmost, palms, paramount, paramountcy, peak, pinnacle, pitch, plenary, plenitude, plenteousness, plentifulness, plenty, point, pole, power, powerful, preeminent, presidency, prevalence, primacy, prodigality, productiveness, profuseness, profusion, quantities, record, repleteness, repletion, rich harvest, rich vein, richness, ridge, riot, riotousness, rule, say, scads, serious, seventh heaven, shower, sky, sovereignty, spate, spire, stream, strong, substantiality, substantialness, summit, summital, superabundance, superlative, supremacy, supreme, sway, teemingness, the whole, tip, tip-top, top, top spot, top-notch, topmost, total, ultimate, upmost, upper extremity, upper limit, uppermost, utmost, utmost extent, uttermost, vertex, vertical, very top, wealth, zenith, zenithal

ROGET THESAURUS

maximum

Superiority

N superiority, majority, greatness, advantage, pull, preponderance, preponderation, vantage ground, prevalence, partiality, personal superiority, nobility, Triton among the minnows, primus inter pares, nulli secundus, captain, crackajack, supremacy, preeminence, lead, maximum, record, trikumia, climax, culmination, transcendence, ne plus ultra, lion's share, Benjamin's mess, excess, surplus, (redundancy), superior, greater, major, higher, exceeding, great, distinguished, ultra, vaulting, more than a match for, supreme, greatest, utmost, paramount, preeminent, foremost, crowning, first-rate, unrivaled peerless, matchless, none such, second to none, sans pareil, unparagoned, unparalleled, unequalled, unapproached, unsurpassed, superlative, inimitable facile princeps, incomparable, sovereign, without parallel, nulli secundus, ne plus ultra, beyond compare, beyond comparison, culminating, transcendent, transcendental, plus royaliste que le Roi, more catholic than the Pope increased, enlarged, beyond, more, over, over the mark, above the mark, above par, upwards of, in advance of, over and above, at the top of the scale, at its height, eminently, egregiously, preeminently, surpassing, prominently, superlatively, supremely, above all, of all things, the most, to crown all, kat exochin, par excellence, principally, especially, particularly, peculiarly, a fortiori, even, yea, still more, I shall not look upon his like again, deos fortioribus addesse.

Summit

N summit, summity, top, peak, vertex, apex, zenith, pinnacle, acme, culmination, meridian, utmost height, ne plus utra, height, pitch, maximum, climax, culminating point, crowning point, turning point, turn of the tide, fountain head, water shed, water parting, sky, pole, tip, tip top, crest, crow's nest, cap, truck, nib, end, crown, brow, head, nob, noddle, pate, capsheaf, high places, heights, topgallant mast, sky scraper, quarter deck, hurricane deck, architrave, frieze, cornice, coping stone, zoophorus, capital, epistyle, sconce, pediment, entablature, tympanum, ceiling, attic, loft, garret, house top, upper story, summit conference, summit, peak of achievement, peak of performance, peaks and troughs, peaks and valleys (in graphs), highest &c (high), top, top most, upper most, tiptop, culminating, meridian, meridional, capital, head, polar, supreme, supernal, topgallant, atop, at the top of the tree, en flute, fleur deau.