Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

top of mind

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.18 in modern English

Syllables: top of -mind
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Foremost in one's thoughts; of greatest concern or priority.

Example Sentences

"Fighting fat, a top-of-mind concern among consumers today, is the subject of new marketing campaigns."
"If shareholders had the power to alter the composition of the corporate board, the authors argue, directors would be more likely to keep investors' interests top of mind when setting CEO salaries and perks."
"“It's clear that privacy issues are top of mind for Facebook,” Ms. Stoddart said in a July 2009 statement."

Inflected Forms

top-of-mind (alternative)

Phrases

top of mind awareness bring to mind call to mind come to mind leap to mind put someone in mind of spring to mind

Frequently Paired Words

bring to mind call to mind come to mind leap to mind put someone in mind of remind spring to mind

Synonyms

front of mind preeminent paramount big central consequential critical crucial epochful essential extraordinary fateful

Questions

What does top of mind mean?: Foremost in one's thoughts; of greatest concern or priority.

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