paramount

Of chief concern or importance.

Highest in rank, power, or authority.

One that has the highest rank, power, or authority.

Supreme; superior in power or jurisdiction; chief: as, lord paramount, the supreme lord of a fee, or of lands, tenements, and hereditaments.

Above; superior to: with a prepositional force.

Eminent; of the highest order; especially, of chief or superior importance; above all others as regards importance; superior: as, the paramount duty of a citizen.

The chief; the highest in rank or importance; a superior.

The highest or chief.

Having the highest rank or jurisdiction; superior to all others; chief; supreme; preëminent.

the lady making the best score.