Associations to the word «Preeminent»

Wiktionary

PREEMINENT, adjective. Exceeding others in quality or rank; of outstanding excellence, extremely notable or important. [from 15th c.]
PREËMINENT, adjective. Alternative spelling of preeminent

Dictionary definition

PREEMINENT, adjective. Greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement; "our greatest statesmen"; "the country's leading poet"; "a preeminent archeologist".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King