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

preeminent \pre"em"inent\, a. l. praeminens, -entis, p. pr.
   praeminere to be prominent, to surpass: cf. f.
   pr'e'eminent. 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"eminent in guilt.
   1913 webster

         in goodness and in power pre"eminent.  --milton.
   1913 webster
see also:
pre- eminent 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

preeminent
     adj : greatest in importance or degree or significance or
           achievement; "our greatest statesmen"; "the country's
           leading poet"; "a preeminent archeologist" syn: greatest,
            leadinga
see also:
greatest leadinga 

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

102 moby thesaurus words for "preeminent":
   absolute, acmatic, all-absorbing, apical, arch, ascendant,
   authoritarian, authoritative, authorized, autocratic, banner,
   capital, cardinal, central, champion, chief,
   clothed with authority, commanding, competent, consequential,
   considerable, consummate, controlling, crowning, dominant,
   duly constituted, eminent, empowered, ex officio, first, focal,
   foremost, governing, great, head, headmost, hegemonic,
   hegemonistic, highest, imperative, important, incomparable,
   influential, leading, magisterial, main, major, master, maximal,
   maximum, meridian, meridional, mighty, momentous, monocratic,
   number one, official, outstanding, overmost, overriding,
   overruling, paramount, potent, powerful, predominant, premier,
   preponderant, prestigious, prevailing, primal, primary, prime,
   principal, prominent, puissant, ranking, ruling, senior, sovereign,
   star, stellar, substantial, summital, supereminent, superior,
   supreme, surpassing, tip-top, top, topflight, topmost,
   totalitarian, towering, transcendent, ultimate, unmatchable,
   unsurpassable, upmost, uppermost, vertical, weighty, zenithal

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