eminent

comparative more eminent · superlative most eminent

1. Noteworthy, remarkable, great.

   His eminent good sense has been a godsend to this project.

   Synonyms: remarkable, outstanding, illustrious, distinguished, forestanding, markworthy, mentionable, nameable

2. Distinguished, important, noteworthy.

   In later years, the professor became known as an eminent historian.

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   Why did the eminent Italian writer Primo Levi die in the shocking way he did?

   1988 December 19, William Styron, “Why Primo Levi Need Not Have Died”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 29 Aug 2022

   “So. Miss Alice. Are you game?” The question is posed by an eminent novelist of about 70, who has sat on a Manhattan park bench and struck up conversation with a young woman reading a book.

   2018 February 28, Justine Jordan, “Asymmetry by Lisa Halliday review – a dizzying debut”, in The Guardian

   Synonyms: distinguished, noteworthy, esteemed, valued, illustrious, distinguished, forestanding, markworthy

3. archaicHigh, lofty.

   Synonyms: towering, prominent, elevated, exalted, high, lofty, tall