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Definitions

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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Assessing the validity of the market’s pre-eminent data point — nonfarm payrolls — Savouri comments, ‘You may as well throw darts at a board.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

Mendes-Flohr was a pre-eminent scholar of modern Jewish thought and a student, at Brandeis University, of Rosenzweig’s pupil Nahum Glatzer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

Once again, a Piston was taking the league’s pre-eminent superstar in his sights.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

So why has Germany, the pre-eminent economic power in Europe, decided it needs to leverage its relatively conservative balance sheet?

From MarketWatch • Feb. 16, 2026

Lowe— arguably the world’s pre-eminent all-around climber—was hired to be Sandy’s personal guide, a job for which he was paid a substantial sum.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer