Eminent

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Eminent \Em"i*nent\, a. [L. eminens, -entis, p. pr. of eminere
     to stand out, be prominent; e out + minere (in comp.) to
     project; of uncertain origin: cf. F. ['e]minent. Cf.
     {Menace}.]
     1. High; lofty; towering; prominent. "A very eminent
        promontory." --Evelyn


        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Being, metaphorically, above others, whether by birth,
        high station, merit, or virtue; high in public estimation;
        distinguished; conspicuous; as, an eminent station; an
        eminent historian, statements, statesman, or saint.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     {Right of eminent domain}. (Law) See under {Domain}.
  
     Syn: Lofty; elevated; exalted; conspicuous; prominent;
          remarkable; distinguished; illustrious; famous;
          celebrated; renowned; well-known. See {Distinguished}.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  eminent
       adj 1: (used of persons) standing above others in character or
              attainment or reputation; "our distinguished
              professor"; "an eminent scholar"; "a great statesman"
              [syn: {distinguished}, {great}]
       2: standing above others in quality or position; "people in
          high places"; "the high priest"; "eminent members of the
          community" [syn: {high}]
       3: having achieved eminence; "an eminent physician"
       4: of imposing height; especially standing out above others;
          "an eminent peak"; "lofty mountains"; "the soaring spires
          of the cathedral"; "towering iceburgs" [syn: {lofty}, {soaring},
           {towering}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  182 Moby Thesaurus words for "eminent":
     Olympian, a cut above, above, absolute, aerial, aggrandized, ahead,
     airy, altitudinous, apotheosized, ascendant, ascending, aspiring,
     august, authoritarian, authoritative, authorized, autocratic,
     awesome, beatified, better, big, bold, canonized, capping,
     celebrated, chosen, clothed with authority, colossal, commanding,
     competent, consequential, considerable, conspicuous, controlling,
     deified, dignified, distinguished, dominant, dominating,
     duly constituted, eclipsing, elevated, emissile, empowered,
     ennobled, enshrined, enthroned, esteemed, estimable, ethereal,
     ex officio, exalted, exceeding, excellent, excelling, exceptional,
     excrescent, excrescential, extraordinary, extruding, famous, finer,
     glorified, glorious, godlike, governing, grand, great, greater,
     haughty, hegemonic, hegemonistic, held in awe, heroic, high,
     high and mighty, high-pitched, high-reaching, high-set, high-up,
     higher, honored, illustrious, immortal, immortalized, imperative,
     important, in ascendancy, in the ascendant, influential, jutting,
     lauded, leading, lofty, magnanimous, magnificent, magnified,
     majestic, major, marked, memorable, mighty, momentous, monocratic,
     monumental, mounting, noble, notable, noted, noteworthy, of choice,
     of mark, official, one up on, outstanding, outtopping, over,
     overlooking, overtopping, potent, powerful, preeminent,
     prestigious, prognathous, projecting, prominent, protrudent,
     protruding, protrusile, protrusive, protuberant, protuberating,
     puissant, ranking, rare, remarkable, rememberable, renowned,
     reputable, respected, revered, rivaling, ruling, sainted, salient,
     sanctified, senior, shrined, signal, soaring, special, spiring,
     steep, striking, sublime, substantial, super, superb, supereminent,
     superior, superlative, supernal, supreme, surpassing, telling,
     throned, topless, toplofty, topping, totalitarian, towering,
     towery, transcendent, transcendental, transcending, unforgettable,
     uplifted, upper, upreared, weighty, well-known