The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Paramount \Par"a*mount\, a. [OF. par amont above; par through,
   by (L. per) + amont above. See Amount.]
   Having the highest rank or jurisdiction; superior to all
   others; chief; supreme; pre["e]minent; as, a paramount duty.
   "A traitor paramount." --Bacon.
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   Lady paramount (Archery), the lady making the best score.


   Lord paramount, the king.
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   Syn: Syn. Superior; principal; preeminent; chief.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Paramount \Par"a*mount\, n.
   The highest or chief. --Milton.
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U.S. Gazetteer (1990):

Paramount, CA (city, FIPS 55618)
  Location: 33.89555 N, 118.16407 W
  Population (1990): 47669 (13726 housing units)
  Area: 12.2 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 90723

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

162 Moby Thesaurus words for "paramount":
   acmatic, all-absorbing, anointed king, apical, arch, ascendant,
   at the head, banner, basic, best, boss, bwana, capital, cardinal,
   central, champion, chef, chief, chieftain, choice,
   church dignitary, commanding, consummate, controlling,
   crowned head, crowning, dominant, dynast, ecclesiarch, elder,
   elect, electronics king, elite, emperor, employer, essential,
   first, focal, for the best, foremost, general, goodman, governing,
   grand duke, great, greatest, guru, handpicked, head, headmost,
   hegemonic, hegemonistic, high chief, highest, honcho, husband,
   imperator, in ascendancy, in charge, in chief, in the ascendant,
   king, king-emperor, kinglet, lead, leading, leading light, liege,
   liege lord, lord, lord paramount, luminary, magisterial, main,
   majesty, master, master spirit, matchless, maximal, maximum,
   meridian, meridional, monarch, optimal, optimum, overbearing,
   overlord, overmost, overriding, overruling, padrone, paterfamilias,
   patriarch, patron, peerless, petty king, picked, potentate,
   predominant, predominate, preeminent, premier, prepollent,
   preponderant, preponderate, prepotent, prevailing, prevalent,
   prima donna, primal, primary, prime, prince, prince consort,
   principal, prize, quintessential, rabbi, ranking, regnant,
   regulating, regulative, regulatory, reigning, requisite, royal,
   royal personage, royalty, ruler, ruling, sahib, seigneur, seignior,
   select, sovereign, star, starets, stellar, summital, supereminent,
   superstar, supreme, surpassing, suzerain, teacher, tetrarch,
   tip-top, top, top dog, topflight, topmost, ultimate, unmatchable,
   unmatched, unparalleled, unsurpassed, upmost, uppermost, vertical,
   very best, vital, zenithal