 3 definitions found
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 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 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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