'Preeminent' definitions:
Definition of 'preeminent'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement; "our greatest statesmen"; "the country's leading poet"; "a preeminent archeologist" [syn: leading(a), preeminent]
Definition of 'Preeminent'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- In goodness and in power pre["e]minent. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'preeminent'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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