pre-eminent

/ prɪˈɛmɪnənt /

adjective

1. extremely eminent or distinguished; outstanding

Other Word Forms

• pre-eminently adverb
• pre-eminence noun

Example Sentences

Soon after, almost by accident, he co-founded the Paris Review, the pre-eminent postwar English-language literary journal.

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As I closed the book—the distillation of almost 40 years of its author’s engagement with Afghanistan and its pre-eminent players—I realized I had yet read another work that, rather than enhancing our understanding of Afghanistan, demonstrates why we continue to fail to understand it.

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Beth Hammack spent three decades at Goldman Sachs, the nation’s pre-eminent investment bank.

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In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Serie A was the world's pre-eminent football league.

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South Africa's opener and captain Laura Wolvaardt had been the pre-eminent batter in the tournament, not only leading the run-scorer's list, but also slamming a century in the semi-final to knock out England.

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Related Words

• abstract 
• fantastic 
• otherworldly 
• sublime 
• supernatural 
• ultimate