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outmost

outmost is the superlative form of outer.

Meaning of outer

Adjective

outer (comparative (rare) outermore, superlative outermost or outmost)

  1. Outside; external.
  2. Farther from the centre of the inside.
    • Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall. Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime. Their bases were on a level with the pavement outside, a narrow way which was several feet lower than the road behind the...1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 14, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC

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Noun

outmost (plural outmosts)

  1. That which is outmost.

Antonyms of outmost

Forms of outmost

Adjective
alternative formoutermost
Noun
pluraloutmosts

Origin of outmost

From out + -most.

Questions about outmost

What does outmost mean?
Outmost means that which is outmost.
What is outmost the superlative form of?
Outmost is the superlative form of outer.
What part of speech is outmost?
Outmost is a noun.
What is the plural of outmost?
The plural of outmost is outmosts.

Words near outmost in the dictionary

  1. outmodings
  2. outmog
  3. outmogged
  4. outmogging
  5. outmogs
  6. outmost
  7. outmosts
  8. outmount
  9. outmounted
  10. outmounting
  11. outmounts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: outmost (page history and authors); outer (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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