[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

eminent \em"inent\, a. l. eminens, -entis, p. pr. of eminere
   to stand out, be prominent; e out + minere in comp. to
   project; of uncertain origin: cf. f. 'eminent. cf.
   menace.
   1. high; lofty; towering; prominent. "a very eminent
      promontory." --evelyn
      1913 webster

   2. being, metaphorically, above others, whether by birth,
      high station, merit, or virtue; high in public estimation;
      distinguished; conspicuous; as, an eminent station; an
      eminent historian, statements, statesman, or saint.
      1913 webster

   right of eminent domain. law see under domain.

   syn: lofty; elevated; exalted; conspicuous; prominent;
        remarkable; distinguished; illustrious; famous;
        celebrated; renowned; well-known. see distinguished.
        1913 webster
see also:
menace right of eminent domain domain distinguished 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

eminent
     adj 1: used of persons standing above others in character or
            attainment or reputation; "our distinguished
            professor"; "an eminent scholar"; "a great statesman"
            syn: distinguished, great
     2: standing above others in quality or position; "people in
        high places"; "the high priest"; "eminent members of the
        community" syn: high
     3: having achieved eminence; "an eminent physician"
     4: of imposing height; especially standing out above others;
        "an eminent peak"; "lofty mountains"; "the soaring spires
        of the cathedral"; "towering iceburgs" syn: lofty, soaring,
         towering
see also:
distinguished great high lofty soaring towering 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

182 moby thesaurus words for "eminent":
   olympian, a cut above, above, absolute, aerial, aggrandized, ahead,
   airy, altitudinous, apotheosized, ascendant, ascending, aspiring,
   august, authoritarian, authoritative, authorized, autocratic,
   awesome, beatified, better, big, bold, canonized, capping,
   celebrated, chosen, clothed with authority, colossal, commanding,
   competent, consequential, considerable, conspicuous, controlling,
   deified, dignified, distinguished, dominant, dominating,
   duly constituted, eclipsing, elevated, emissile, empowered,
   ennobled, enshrined, enthroned, esteemed, estimable, ethereal,
   ex officio, exalted, exceeding, excellent, excelling, exceptional,
   excrescent, excrescential, extraordinary, extruding, famous, finer,
   glorified, glorious, godlike, governing, grand, great, greater,
   haughty, hegemonic, hegemonistic, held in awe, heroic, high,
   high and mighty, high-pitched, high-reaching, high-set, high-up,
   higher, honored, illustrious, immortal, immortalized, imperative,
   important, in ascendancy, in the ascendant, influential, jutting,
   lauded, leading, lofty, magnanimous, magnificent, magnified,
   majestic, major, marked, memorable, mighty, momentous, monocratic,
   monumental, mounting, noble, notable, noted, noteworthy, of choice,
   of mark, official, one up on, outstanding, outtopping, over,
   overlooking, overtopping, potent, powerful, preeminent,
   prestigious, prognathous, projecting, prominent, protrudent,
   protruding, protrusile, protrusive, protuberant, protuberating,
   puissant, ranking, rare, remarkable, rememberable, renowned,
   reputable, respected, revered, rivaling, ruling, sainted, salient,
   sanctified, senior, shrined, signal, soaring, special, spiring,
   steep, striking, sublime, substantial, super, superb, supereminent,
   superior, superlative, supernal, supreme, surpassing, telling,
   throned, topless, toplofty, topping, totalitarian, towering,
   towery, transcendent, transcendental, transcending, unforgettable,
   uplifted, upper, upreared, weighty, well-known

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