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pre-eminent

ADJECTIVE
major-league
Synonyms
WEAK
big-league big-time blue-chip chief critical crucial exceptional four-star front-page grave great heavy high-power major notable playing hard ball serious strictly business
ADJECTIVE
transcendent
Synonyms
STRONGEST
abstract fantastic otherworldly sublime supernatural ultimate
WEAK
absolute accomplished beyond grasp boundless consummate entire eternal exceeding finished hypothetical ideal incomparable infinite innate intact intellectual intuitive matchless obscure original peerless perfect primordial superior supreme surpassing theoretical towering transcendental transcending transmundane unequalable unequalled unique unparalleled unrivalled whole
Antonyms
STRONGEST
poor real secondary
WEAK
inferior ordinary simple

Example Sentences

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Pre-eminent among these youngsters is Anthony Huxley, whose Sunday afternoon account of James, the hero of “La Sylphide,” was gloriously vivid: played with complete conviction and danced with heroic beauty.

From New York Times • May 25, 2015

Pre-eminent among officials, he was responsible for guiding pension investments.

From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2013

Pre-eminent among novelists of empires in decay, his range spanned the Ottoman, the Venetian and the British hegemony, and the middle ages to the present day.

From The Guardian • Jun. 8, 2012

He was one of three among 670 G-Men to enjoy the top rating "Pre-eminent."

From Time Magazine Archive

Pre-eminent among the pigs were two young boars named Snowball and Napoleon, whom Mr. Jones was breeding up for sale.

From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell