Found 2 items, similar to preeminent.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: preeminent preeminent adj : greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement; “our greatest statesmen”; “the country's leading poet”; “a preeminent archeologist” [syn: greatest, leading(a)]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Preeminent Preeminent \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. [1913 Webster] In goodness and in power pre["e]minent. --Milton. [1913 Webster]