SUPEREMINENT Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

supereminent

adjective

ˌsü-pər-ˈe-mə-nənt

Definition of supereminent

as in chief

highest in rank or authority the supereminent authority in the field of Shakespearean scholarship

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Adjective

Misheck Mutize, AfCRA’s chief architect, acknowledged that the agency’s main role would be to steer Africa’s $4 trillion savings into African assets rather than changing how foreign investors see the continent.

— Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Andrew Garfield stars as Altman, with Anora‘s Yura Borisov playing Ilya Sutskever, the chief scientific officer and co-founder of OpenAI who fires Altman.

— Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of chief

Adjective

Considered the foremost institution for Asian art in the United States, this additional space will give the museum more room to display roughly 4,000 historic and contemporary works from its more than 21,000-piece collection of Asian artists.

— Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Seeing the internet’s foremost disciple of glow meet the internet’s foremost purveyor of good lighting, though, feels quite satisfying—who else needs another excuse to update that Sephora cart?

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of foremost

Adjective

Deadline has established that several top producers have declined to throw their hat into the ring, with many citing concerns about the lack of rights and the production contract sucking creative energy away from other projects.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
However, Harvey said, such a demotion must be carefully implemented so as not to inadvertently punish Championship League teams investing the right way in the hopes of making the top flight.

— Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of top

Adjective

Lack of preparation Eight weeks after the UAE withdrawal, the US and Israel launched a war on Iran, killing supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

— Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026
Winston cigarettes and Davidoff cigars serve to sell an image of supreme, untouchable confidence.

— Michael Douglas, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of supreme

Adjective

Now Ricketts is running for his first full six-year term against independent Dan Osborn -- a race that initially was not expected to be competitive but is now being watched by the national parties.

— NICHOLAS INGRAM, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
One of the first of those is when their AI program teaches itself to beat the machine in a notoriously difficult video game.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of first

Adjective

According to Ultimate Classic Rock, co-founder and lead guitarist Neal Schon then told the crowd that Castronovo was en route to the hospital and that the band’s drum tech, Steve Toomey, would fill in.

— Lars Brandle, Billboard, 9 Oct. 2026
The Indo-French-German co-production, backed by the CNC’s Aide aux Cinémas du Monde and MFG Baden-Württemberg, has its lead actors, crew and locations in place and will shoot in Kerala in December.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of lead

Adjective

Have a marathon and admire the incredible stunt choreography and charismatic leading-man work from Keanu Reeves.

— Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026
Many on Wall Street think the appeal is less about safety and more about establishing anti-competitive protections that will steer the industry toward a duopoly comprising the leading proprietary model makers, Anthropic and OpenAI.

— Tobias Burns, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2026

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