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Preeminent

Preeminent Meaning & Definition
Preeminent Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Preeminent?

[adj] greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement; "our greatest statesmen"; "the country's leading poet"; "a preeminent archeologist"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Preeminent: greatest | leading(a) | superior

Related Terms | Find terms related to 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

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Preeminent In Webster's Dictionary

\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. In goodness and in power pre["e]minent. --Milton.

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