eminent
/ˈɛmɪnənt/
eminent adjective: noteworthy, remarkable, great.
Adjective
eminent (comparative more eminent, superlative most eminent)
- Noteworthy, remarkable, great.
- His eminent good sense has been a godsend to this project.
- Synonyms:
- remarkable, outstanding, illustrious, distinguished, forestanding, markworthy, mentionable, nameable, namely, nameworthy
- Distinguished, important, noteworthy.
- In later years, the professor became known as an eminent historian.
- 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
- Synonyms:
- distinguished, noteworthy, esteemed, valued, illustrious, forestanding, markworthy, mentionable, nameable, namely
- High, lofty.
eminent meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
eminent in Hindi
- of a person: distinguished, noteworthy
- उत्कृष्ट utkŕṣṭ, श्रेष्ठ śreṣṭh
- remarkable, great
- उत्कृष्ट utkŕṣṭ
eminent in Tamil
- உயர்ந்த, சிறந்த, மாண்புடை, மேம்பட்ட, உன்னதமான, மாண்புமிகு
eminent in Marathi
- eminent
- उत्कृष्ट utkruṣṭa
eminent in Urdu
- eminent, excelling
- باہر bāhir
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- eminent in Bengali
- প্রকৃষ্ট prôkriṣṭô
- eminent in Malayalam
- ഉന്നതമായ, ശ്രേഷ്ഠമായ, വിശിഷ്ടമായ
- eminent in Kannada
- ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧಿಹೊಂದಿದ, ಪಿರಿಯ, ಹಿರಿಯ, ದೊಡ್ಡ
- eminent in Punjabi
- اچا uccā, ਉੱਚਾ uccā
- eminent in Odia
- ବୀର bira
- eminent in Sanskrit
- विराज् virā́j, शिष्ट śiṣṭá, महात्मन् mahātman, श्रीमत् śrīmat
- eminent in Arabic
- بَارِز bāriz
- eminent in Thai
- มีชื่อเสียง, ที่มีชื่อ
Examples of eminent in a sentence
- The city council used eminent domain to make me sell my store.
- Professor Jones is an eminent metaphysician; she has produced more than one hundred refereed publications concerning metaphysics.
- The County took his land by eminent domain.
Synonyms of eminent
- remarkable
- outstanding
- illustrious
- distinguished
- forestanding
- markworthy
- mentionable
- nameable
- namely
- nameworthy
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Forms of eminent
| comparative | more eminent |
|---|---|
| superlative | most eminent |
Origin of eminent
From Middle French éminent, from Latin present participle ēminēns, ēminentis, from verb ēmineō (“to project, protrude”), from ex- (“out of, from”) + mineō, related to mons (English mount). Compare with imminent. Unrelated to emanate, which is instead from mānō (“to flow”). Displaced native Old English deal.
Words formed from eminent
Questions about eminent
- What does eminent mean?
- Eminent means noteworthy, remarkable, great.
- What is eminent in Hindi?
- Eminent in Hindi is उत्कृष्ट (utkŕṣṭ), श्रेष्ठ (śreṣṭh). See Eminent meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is eminent?
- Eminent is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce eminent?
- Eminent is pronounced /ˈɛmɪnənt/.
Words near eminent in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: eminent (page history and authors); eminent (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); उत्कृष्ट (Marathi) (page history and authors); باہر (Urdu) (page history and authors); প্রকৃষ্ট (Bengali) (page history and authors); eminent (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); eminent (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); اچا (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ବୀର (Odia) (page history and authors); महात्मन् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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