Preeminent

3 definitions found

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

  Preeminent \Pre*["e]m"i*nent\, a. [L. praeminens, -entis, p. pr.
     praeminere to be prominent, to surpass: cf. F.
     pr['e]['e]minent. See {Pre-}, and {Eminent}.]
     Eminent above others; prominent among those who are eminent;
     superior in excellence; surpassing, or taking precedence of,
     others; rarely, surpassing others in evil, or in bad


     qualities; as, pre["e]minent in guilt.
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           In goodness and in power pre["e]minent.  --Milton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  preeminent
       adj : greatest in importance or degree or significance or
             achievement; "our greatest statesmen"; "the country's
             leading poet"; "a preeminent archeologist" [syn: {greatest},
              {leading(a)}]

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

  102 Moby Thesaurus words for "preeminent":
     absolute, acmatic, all-absorbing, apical, arch, ascendant,
     authoritarian, authoritative, authorized, autocratic, banner,
     capital, cardinal, central, champion, chief,
     clothed with authority, commanding, competent, consequential,
     considerable, consummate, controlling, crowning, dominant,
     duly constituted, eminent, empowered, ex officio, first, focal,
     foremost, governing, great, head, headmost, hegemonic,
     hegemonistic, highest, imperative, important, incomparable,
     influential, leading, magisterial, main, major, master, maximal,
     maximum, meridian, meridional, mighty, momentous, monocratic,
     number one, official, outstanding, overmost, overriding,
     overruling, paramount, potent, powerful, predominant, premier,
     preponderant, prestigious, prevailing, primal, primary, prime,
     principal, prominent, puissant, ranking, ruling, senior, sovereign,
     star, stellar, substantial, summital, supereminent, superior,
     supreme, surpassing, tip-top, top, topflight, topmost,
     totalitarian, towering, transcendent, ultimate, unmatchable,
     unsurpassable, upmost, uppermost, vertical, weighty, zenithal