'Eminent' definitions:
Definition of 'eminent'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Standing above others in quality or position; "people in high places"; "the high priest"; "eminent members of the community" [syn: eminent, high]
adjective
Definition of 'Eminent'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'eminent'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- Olympian,
- 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