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5. throttle, strangle, choke off; shut up shop, close shop, lock up, shut down, lock out, close down; strike, walk out; stalemate, deadlock.
6. drag or stretch out, hang fire, protract, prolong, extend, hang back, hang fire, stall, stall off, stall for time, Inf. drag one's feet, Sl. choke up.
paramount, adj. 1. dominant, predominant, superior, highest; supreme, preeminent, sovereign, governing, ruling, leading; top-rank, ranking, chief, principal, prime, foremost, primary, main; premier, first, top, topmost, Inf. number-one, Inf. numero uno, in the front rank; important, significant, cardinal, uppermost.
2. superlative, greatest, outstanding; unapproachable, inimitable, unparalleled, matchless, unmatched, peerless; unequaled, unrivaled, unexcelled, unsurpassed, incomparable, beyond compare; champion, prize, very best, of the first rank; sterling, splendid, Inf splendiferous, Sl. super, Sl. terrific; best, optimum, model, superb, choice.
-n. 3. overlord, master, ruler, sovereign, monarch, crowned head, potentate; superior, commander, chieftain, high chief; head, captain, Inf. head man, Inf. bossman, Sl. top dog, Sl. head honcho, Sl. big cheese, Sl. top man on the totem pole.
paramountcy, n. 1. dominion, ascendancy, predominance, control, power, sovereignty, suzerainty, hegemony; supremacy, primacy, preeminence, upper or whip hand, sway; control, rule, command, mastery, domination; reign, empery, lordship, mastership, leadership, authority, jurisdiction, power, Inf. say or say-so.
2. importance, significance, consequence, matter, value, account, concern, moment, weight, weightiness, substance; greatness, mark, notability, fame, renown, illustriousness, glory; superiority, eminence, note, distinction, prominence, rank, standing, prestige, Inf. top billing; reputation, repute, name, estimation, regard, Inf. first place.
3. matchlessness, peerlessness, unrivaledness, superlativeness, unsurpassability.
paramour, n. 1. mistress, fancy woman, inamorata; courtesan, concubine, kept woman, Sl. doxy, odalisque.
2. lover, fancy man, inamorato; gallant, suitor, amorist; infatuate, swain, spark, sparker, wooer, courter, Romeo; ladies' man, playboy, Inf. wolf, Sl. sheik, Sl. stud; philanderer, Fr. bon ami, adulterer; Lothario, rake, libertine, Casanova, Don Juan; gigolo, It. cicisbeo, escort, cavalier.
3. beloved, darling, honey, sweetheart, sweetie, ladylove, flame; girlfriend, boyfriend, young man, beau, admirer.
paranoia, n. 1. madness, insanity, psychosis, mental illness, mental disease, Psychiatry, dementia, psychopathy, derangement, lunacy; delusion, mania, monomania, obsession; persecution complex.
2. Informal, suspicion, mistrust, distrust; apprehension, uneasiness, apprehensiveness, Inf. butterflies, nervousness, queasiness; angst, fear and trembling, anguish, anxiety; fear, dread, fright, Inf. funk, fearfulness; terror, horror, panic, alarm, perturbation, trepidation; Sl. heebie-jeebies, the jitters, Sl. the willies, Sl. the creeps.
paranoid, adj. 1. mad, insane, lunatic, lunatical, crazy, crazed, demented, deranged; of unsound mind, Latin, non compos mentis, mentally ill; unbalanced, unhinged, distracted, possessed.
2. Informal, suspicious, mistrustful, distrustful; uneasy, apprehensive, nervous, anxious, worried, queasy; scared, fearful, frightened, afraid; terrified, horrified, panic-stricken, alarmed, perturbed.
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