Eminent

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of high rank, station, or quality; noteworthy: eminent members of the community.
  • adj. Outstanding, as in character or performance; distinguished: an eminent historian. See Synonyms at noted.
  • adj. Towering or standing out above others; prominent: an eminent peak.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. high, lofty; towering; prominent.
  • adj. noteworthy, remarkable, great
  • adj. of a person, distinguished, important, noteworthy
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. High; lofty; towering; prominent.
  • adj. Being, metaphorically, above others, whether by birth, high station, merit, or virtue; high in public estimation; distinguished; conspicuous
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Prominent; standing out above other things; high; lofty.
  • High in rank, office, worth, or public estimation; conspicuous; highly distinguished: said of a person or of his position: as, an eminent station; an eminent historian or poet. It is rarely used in a bad sense.
  • Conspicuous; such as to attract attention; manifest: as, the judge's charge was characterized by eminent fairness; an eminent example of the uncertainty of circumstantial evidence.
  • Supreme; controlling; unrestrained by higher right or authority: chiefly in the phrase eminent domain (which see, under domain).
  • In mineralogy, highly perfect: said of cleavage.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. of imposing height; especially standing out above others
  • adj. standing above others in quality or position
  • Equivalent
    high    superior   
    Form
    eminently    preeminent    eminence   
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    preeminent   
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    illustrious    well-known    prominent    renowned    able    foremost    senior    gifted    notable    Dutch