EMINENCE Synonyms: 99 Similar and Opposite Words

eminence

noun

ˈe-mə-nən(t)s

Definition of eminence

as in dominance

the fact or state of being above others in rank or importance the eminence of the Nobel Prize in the field of awards and prizes

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as in hill

an area of high ground the old citadel sits on an eminence with a commanding view of the city

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Recent Examples of eminence Three extraordinary new books, published this year, shed light on the brilliance and complexity of Morrison’s life and work, and place her as an American eminence, a visionary who saw fiction as a means through which to recast her country’s story. — Leigh Haber, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026 For much of the past week, all that Colombia had been able to agree upon was the pre-eminence of Luis Diaz, who remained a whirling dervish throughout the match as his side’s outstanding player. — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 24 June 2026 That could have far-reaching implications for Chicago politics, given the eminence of Sunday congregations as not just houses of worship but also organizing tools. — Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 31 May 2026 But in discharging this function, poets are in danger of slighting another imperative, namely, to redress poetry as poetry, to set it up as its own category, an eminence established and a pressure exercised by distinctly linguistic means. — Nick Laird, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for eminence

Recent Examples of Synonyms for eminence

Noun

Conventional analysis treats chip dominance as a source of instability.

— Ningrong Liu, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Vying for dominance as well are the haughty, self-serving bureaucrats of the area’s bustling capital of South Wood (Jemaine Clement, Marc Evan Jackson), who pull their political strings from the relative safety of the grand Pittock Mansion.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of dominance

Noun

On a slight hill, wooden bench swings hover over the ground, overlooking many of the park’s trails.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 23 Oct. 2026
Just a half-hour north of San Diego, the property is comprised of over 600 acres of hills, meadows, Japanese gardens, and citrus groves, including 30 miles of private hiking trails and five acres of bio-intensive gardens.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of hill

Noun

This is where reputation and communications become part of the business decisions.

— Margot Edelman, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Rather than replicating the formula of an international luxury chain, Elegance has built its reputation on intimate hotels that celebrate Vietnamese hospitality, thoughtful design, and sense of place.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of reputation

Noun

But despite this, they were still conceived of as being located within the mounds themselves, real-world anchors for these strange, marvelous realms.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026
Maybe Ohtani will accept surrendering the mound if he is handed a spot in the outfield?

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of mound

Noun

Tampa Bay used clear superiority in its starting rotation, bullpen and late-series offense to eliminate Cleveland.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Oct. 2026
If military superiority alone could end wars, then Afghanistan and Iraq would have been relatively easy American wins.

— Anna Mulrine Grobe, Christian Science Monitor, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of superiority

Noun

John Field, one of Li’s two protagonists, was in fact a classical pianist of some repute, having invented the nocturne form of composition that Chopin would make famous in Field’s lifetime.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
And the ecological values of roadless areas are beyond repute.

— Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of repute

Noun

The bear was also recently featured in Southern Living — for a few months each fall, a local mountain casts a shadow shaped like a bear onto the fall foliage below.

— Eva Flowe, Charlotte Observer, 23 Oct. 2026
This innovation—the mass manufacture of ammonia, vastly more efficient than scraping guano off remote islands or grinding mountains of bison bones—removed the most critical nutrient bottleneck in global agriculture.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026