C2

above all English

Learners of English as a second language usually know the word above all once they have reached the level C2 – Proficient. English words by learner level A1 A2 B1 B2 C1 C2

Meaning above all meaning

What does above all mean?

above all

— adverb above and beyond all other consideration above all, you must be independent

— adverb (= first and last) taking everything together she was first and last a scientist

Synonyms above all synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as above all?

above all English » English

especially

particularly

mainly

chiefly

principally

in particular

notably

mostly

specifically

most of all

first and last

specially

primarily

most importantly

most especially

in the first place

for the most part

firstly

first of all

among other things

viz.

videlicet

unusually

to wit

that is to say

that is

scilicet

pre-eminently

par excellence

namely

most important

most

first and foremost

best

among

all the more

Examples above all examples

How do I use above all in a sentence?

News and current affairs

First, and perhaps above all, the revolutions of 1989 and the subsequent collapse of the Soviet Union put an end to global bipolarity.