Preeminent

Definition: Preeminent

Preeminent

Adjective

1. Greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement; "our greatest statesmen"; "the country's leading poet"; "a preeminent archeologist".

Date "preeminent" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1663. (references)

Synonyms: Preeminent

Synonyms: greatest (adj), leading(a) (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Repute	Eminent, prominent; high; in the zenith; at the head of, at the top of the tree; peerless, of the first water.; superior; supereminent, preeminent.
Superiority	Supreme, greatest, utmost, paramount, preeminent, foremost, crowning; first-rate; (important), (excellent); unrivaled peerless, matchless; none such, second to none, sans pareil; unparagoned, unparalleled, unequalled, unapproached, unsurpassed; superlative, inimitable facile princeps, incomparable, sovereign, without parallel, nulli secundus, ne plus ultra; beyond compare, beyond comparison; culminating; (topmost); transcendent, transcendental;plus royaliste que le Roi, more catholic than the Pope
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Preeminent

English words defined with "preeminent": cardinal virtue ♦ greatest ♦ king ♦ leading ♦ Palmary, Pre-, pre-eclampsia, Preeminently, pre-eminently ♦ world-beater. (references)

Specialty definitions using "preeminent": Bucen ♦ U.S.Bureau of Census, U.S.Census Bureau. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	1997 Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers (reference) Christ preeminent : the early Church discovers its destiny : studies in Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, Philemon, Hebrews, and I Peter (reference) How I Got to Be This Hip: The Collected Works of One of America's Preeminent Journalists (reference) Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers 2000 (Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, 2000) (reference) Mysticism: The Preeminent Study in the Nature and Development of Spiritual Consciousness (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Christopher Parkening - The Great Recordings ~ By America's Preeminent Guitar Virtuoso (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		Many people believe, however, that the former is preeminent. (references)
		U.S.-based developers are the preeminent suppliers of IT solutions in the local healthcare market. (references)
		For instance, Hong Kong, China's point of reference for development and progress, handles almost five times as many TEU's as Shanghai, China's main container port. Substantial expansion of Chinese container ports will be required to achieve Hong Kong's preeminent status. (references)
Economic History	United Kingdom	The losses and destruction of World War I, the depression of the 1930s, and decades of relatively slow growth eroded the United Kingdom's preeminent international position of the previous century. (references)
	Qatar	The Basic Law of 1970 institutionalized local customs rooted in Qatar's conservative Wahhabi heritage, granting the Emir preeminent power. (references)
	Switzerland	Although the Constitution provides that the Assembly chooses and supervises the Council, the latter has gradually assumed a preeminent role in directing the legislative process as well as executing federal laws. (references)
Minorities	Benin	Although southerners are preeminent in the Government's senior ranks, many prominent military officers come from the north. (references)
Political Economy	Poland	Within the legislative branch of the government, the Sejm has preeminent power. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Preeminent" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Preeminent" is used about 18 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	18	82,615

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "preeminent"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		超群绝伦. (various references)

Czech		prvotřídní (big time, champion, chance, choice, crack, first class, first rate, high-class, star, sterling, tiptop, topflight, topnotch), vynikající (accomplished, amazing, beautiful, champion, chance, delicious, egregious, eminent, excellent, exquisite, fine, magnificent, notable, outstanding, prize, prominent, star, sterling, superlative, wonderful), výteèný (delicious, exquisite, gorgeous, prize, wonderful). (various references)

German		hervorragend (beautiful, beautifully, brilliant, bully, conspicuous, distinguished, eminent, excellent, excellently, jutting, magnificent, magnificently, outstanding, outstandingly, pre eminent, pre-eminently, projecting, protruding, salient, saliently, splendid, splendidly, superb, superbly, superior, superlative, surpassing, surpassingly, transcendent, vintage). (various references)

Greek		υπέροχοσ (delicious, gorgeous, superb, surpassing, terrific, wonderful). (various references)

Hebrew		עליון (chief, exalted, high, lofty, over, preponderant, superior, supreme, top, upmost, upper), �"�'ול (distinguished, eminent, great, hoisting the flag, notable, outstanding, praising, prominent, raising the banner). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		屈指 (foremost, leading, one of the best, outstanding). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		くっし (foremost, leading, one of the best, outstanding). (various references)

Pig Latin		eeminentpray

Serbo-Croatian		nadmoćan (overpowering, overwhelming, preponderant), istaknut (featured, great, outstanding, posted, prominent, salient, well-marked). (various references)

Spanish		preeminente (excellent, prominent). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	eminebant, eminebat, eminens, eminentem, eminentes, eminenti, eminentia, eminentiam, eminentis, eminerent, eminet, excellentem, excellentium, excelsa, excelsae, excelsam, excelsas, excelsi, excelsis, excelsisque, excelso, excelsorum, excelsos, excelsum, excelsus, excelsusque, praecellens. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "preeminent": preeminently. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Preeminent" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: perminent, preeeminent, preeminant, preeminrnt, preemminant, preemminent, preimminent, preminent, premminent, proeminent, remincent. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "preeminent" (pronounced prēe"mununt)
7	-e" m u n u n t	eminent.
6	-m u n u n t	contaminant, determinant, dominant, immanent, imminent, permanent, predominant, prominent, ruminant, semipermanent.
5	-u n u n t	abstinent, consonant, continent, covenant, dissonant, impertinent, incontinent, pertinent, recombinant, resonant, subcontinent.
4	-n u n t	complainant, component, exponent, indignant, lieutenant, malignant, opponent, pennant, pregnant, proponent, remnant, repugnant, stagnant, tenant.
3	-u n t	abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complaisant, complement, compliant, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contentment, contestant, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hesitant, hydrant, ignorant, immigrant, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, percipient, persistent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, pronouncement, propellant, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-e-e-i-m-n-n-p-r-t"
	-1 letter: nemertine.
	-2 letters: internee, retinene.
	-3 letters: emetine, eminent, emptier, epimere, eremite, interne, pentene, preemie, premeet, preteen, teenier, terpene.
	-4 letters: emetin, empire, entire, entree, epimer, ermine, eterne, intern, meeter, metier, minter, peerie, penmen, penner, permit, pinene, pinner, pitmen, premen, premie, pterin, reemit, remeet, remint, rennet, repent, repine, retene, retime, retine, teemer, teener, temper, tenner, tenpin, tinmen.
	Words containing the letters "e-e-e-i-m-n-n-p-r-t"
	+2 letters: encipherment, impertinence, intemperance, preeminently, presentiment, supereminent.
	+3 letters: encipherments, experimenting, impertinences, intemperances, phenmetrazine, presentiments, replenishment, semipermanent.
	+4 letters: impertinencies, phenmetrazines, predetermining, presentimental, replenishments, supereminently.
	+5 letters: experimentation, intemperateness, interpermeating, misrepresenting, nonexperimental.
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