Eminence

Quick meaning: Eminence is a noun meaning Someone of high rank, reputation or social status.

Meaning

Someone of high rank, reputation or social status.

More Meanings

1. The quality or state of being eminent.
2. Prominence in a particular order or accumulation; esteem.
3. (geology) An elevated land area or a hill.
4. (anatomy) A protuberance.
5. (uncountable) A dark purple color.

Example Sentences

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From the summit of an eminence I had already had a distant view of Osbaldistone Hall, a large and antiquated edifice, peeping out from a Druidical grove of huge oaks [...].

We stopped for a moment at the golf course to chat with members of the Consular staff, and then drove on to the Consulate, which was set upon an eminence, above evidences of landscape-gardening; a sweep of lawns, with coarse, whitened grass; flower-beds in which larkspur and nasturtiums fought against desperate odds.

Word Forms

• eminences

Synonyms for eminence

Depending on context, synonyms include distinction, prominence, renown, celebrity, note, preeminence.

Antonyms for eminence

Common opposites include obscurity, mediocrity.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include preeminence, distinction, note, prominence, greatness, cat.

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