Synonyms and related words :
acmatic, ahead, antecedent, anterior, apical, arch, banner, before, capital, cardinal, central, champion, chief, consummate, crowning, dominant, exordial, first, focal, fore, foregoing, forehand, foremost, forward, front, frontal, great, head, heading, hegemonic, highest, in advance, in front, in the forefront, in the foreground, in the front, in the lead, inaugural, initiatory, leading, magisterial, main, master, maximal, maximum, meridian, meridional, overmost, overruling, paramount, precedent, preceding, precessional, precursory, predominant, preeminent, prefatory, preliminary, preludial, prelusive, preparatory, preponderant, prevailing, prevenient, primal, primary, prime, principal, prior, proemial, propaedeutic, ranking, ruling, sovereign, star, stellar, summital, supereminent, supreme, tip-top, to the fore, to the front, top, topflight, topmost, ultimate, up ahead, upmost, uppermost, vertical, zenithal