eminent

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: em=i=nent

CIDE DICTIONARY

eminent, 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. éminent. Cf. Menace.].

•  High; lofty; towering; prominent.  Evelyn  [1913 Webster]
•  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.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

eminent, adj.
1 distinguished, notable.
2 (of qualities) remarkable in degree.

Idiom

eminent domain sovereign control over all property in a State, with the right of expropriation.

Derivative

eminently adv.

Etymology

ME f. L eminere eminent- jut

THESAURUS

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

ROGET THESAURUS

eminent

Height

N height, altitude, elevation, eminence, pitch, loftiness, sublimity, tallness, stature, procerity, prominence, colossus, giant, grenadier, giraffe, camelopard, mount, mountain, hill alto, butte, monticle, fell, knap, cape, headland, foreland, promontory, ridge, hog's back, dune, rising ground, vantage ground, down, moor, moorland, Alp, uplands, highlands, heights, knob, loma, pena, picacho, tump, knoll, hummock, hillock, barrow, mound, mole, steeps, bluff, cliff, craig, tor, peak, pike, clough, escarpment, edge, ledge, brae, dizzy height, tower, pillar, column, obelisk, monument, steeple, spire, minaret, campanile, turret, dome, cupola, skyscraper, pole, pikestaff, maypole, flagstaff, top mast, topgallant mast, ceiling, high water, high tide, flood tide, spring tide, altimetry, batophobia, satellite, spy-in-the-sky, high, elevated, eminent, exalted, lofty, tall, gigantic, Patagonian, towering, beetling, soaring, hanging (gardens), elevated, upper, highest, high reaching, insessorial, perching, upland, moorland, hilly, knobby, mountainous, alpine, subalpine, heaven kissing, cloudtopt, cloudcapt, cloudtouching, aerial, overhanging, incumbent, overlying, superincumbent, supernatant, superimposed, prominent, tall as a maypole, tall as a poplar, tall as a steeple, lanky, on high, high up, aloft, up, above, aloof, overhead, airwind, upstairs, abovestairs, in the clouds, on tiptoe, on stilts, on the shoulders of, over head and ears, breast high, over, upwards, from top to bottom, e meglio cader dalle finistre che dal tetto.

Repute

N repute, distinction, mark, name, figure, repute, reputation, good repute, high repute, note, notability, notoriety, eclat, the bubble reputation, vogue, celebrity, fame, famousness, renown, popularity, aura popularis, approbation, credit, succes d'estime, prestige, talk of the town, name to conjure with, glory, honor, luster, illustriousness, account, regard, respect, reputableness, respectability, good name, good report, fair name, dignity, stateliness, solemnity, grandeur, splendor, nobility, majesty, sublimity, rank, standing, brevet rank, precedence, pas, station, place, status, position, position in society, order, degree, baccalaureate, locus standi, caste, condition, greatness, eminence, height, importance, preeminence, supereminence, high mightiness, primacy, top of the ladder, top of the tree, elevation, ascent, superaltation, exaltation, dignification, aggrandizement, dedication, consecration, enthronement, canonization, celebration, enshrinement, glorification, hero, man of mark, great card, celebrity, worthy, lion, rara avis, notability, somebody, classman, man of rank, pillar of the state, pillar of the church, pillar of the community, chief, first fiddle, cynosure, mirror, flower, pink, pearl, paragon, choice and master spirits of the age, elite, star, sun, constellation, galaxy, ornament, honor, feather in one's cap, halo, aureole, nimbus, halo of glory, blaze of glory, blushing honors, laurels, memory, posthumous fame, niche in the temple of fame, immortality, immortal name, magni nominis umbra, distinguished, distingue, noted, of note, honored, popular, fashionable, in good odor in, favor, in high favor, reputable, respectable, creditable, remarkable, notable, notorious, celebrated, renowned, ion every one's mouth, talked of, famous, famed, far-famed, conspicuous, to the front, foremost, in the front rank, in the ascendant, imperishable, deathless, immortal, never fading, aere perennius, time honored, illustrious, glorious, splendid, brilliant, radiant, bright, full-blown, honorific, eminent, prominent, high, in the zenith, at the head of, at the top of the tree, peerless, of the first water, superior, supereminent, preeminent, great, dignified, proud, noble, honorable, worshipful, lordly, grand, stately, august, princely, imposing, solemn, transcendent, majestic, sacred, sublime, heaven- born, heroic, sans peur et sans reproche, sacrosanct, Int, hail!, all hail!, ave!, viva!, vive!, long life to!, banzai!, glory be to, honor be to?, one's name being in every mouth, one's name living for ever, sic itur ad astra, fama volat, aut Caesar aut nullus, not to know him argues oneself unknown, none but himself could be his parallel, palmam qui meruit ferat, above all Greek above all Roman fame, cineri gloria sera est, great is the glory for the strife is hard, honor virtutis praemium, immensum gloria calcar habet, the glory dies not and the grief is past, vivit post funera virtus.