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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Eminent \Em"i*nent\, adjective [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
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.
{Right of eminent domain}. (Law) See under {Domain}.
Syn: Lofty; elevated; exalted; conspicuous; prominent; remarkable; distinguished; illustrious; famous; celebrated; renowned; well-known. See {Distinguished}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
eminent
adjective
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
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