He won eminence as a scientist.
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Eminence
//ˈɛmɪnəns//
Synonyms for "eminence" (194 found)
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Closest matches (39)
Strong matches (58)
dominantdominationeffectelevationembossmenteminentenchantmentesteemetherexaltationexaltedexcellenceexcrescenceexcrescencyextrusionfamefamedfamousnessfavorforce
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gibbositygibbousnessglorygood feelinggrandeurgreatgreatnesshauteurheavenheavensheightheighthheightsheroismhigh mightinesshigh reliefhighnesshillholdhonorillustriousillustriousnessimportanceimportantincidental powerinfluenceinfluentialityinfluentialnessinsinuationkudosladyleaderleadershipleverageliftlionloftinesslofty
Related words (97)
lordlordshiplow reliefluminarymagnanimitymagnetismmajestymarkmasterymemorabilitymiladymilordmomentmountainnabobnamenobilitynoblenotabilitynotable
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notenoteworthinessolympian heightsoutstandingnesspeakperpendicular distancepersonagepersonalitypersuasionpotencypowerprecedencepredominancepreeminencepreeminentpreponderanceprepotencypressureprestigepriorityprojectionprominentprotrusionprotuberanceprotuberancypurchasequalityraiserankreignreliefremarkablenessrenownedreputationreputeriserising groundrulesaliencesalientsaysenioritysignificanceskystandingstaturestatussteepstratospheresuasionsublimitysubtle influencesuggestionsupereminencesuperioritysupremacyswaytallnesstoploftinesstuberousnessupper handuprisevantage groundvantage pointvipweightweightinesswell-knownwhip handzenith
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Translations
39 translations across 15 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- բարձունք noun (an elevated land area or a hill)
Bulgarian
1 entries- възвишение noun (an elevated land area or a hill)
Catalan
4 entries- eminència noun (an elevated land area or a hill)
- eminència noun (someone of high rank, reputation or social status)
- eminència noun (the quality or state of being eminent)
- eminència noun ((anatomy) protuberance)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 傑出 /杰出 noun (the quality or state of being eminent)
- 顯貴 /显贵 noun (someone of high rank, reputation or social status)
Hungarian
1 entries- kiválóság noun (someone of high rank, reputation or social status)
Ido
1 entries- sinioro noun (someone of high rank, reputation or social status)
Irish
2 entries- ardchéim noun (the quality or state of being eminent)
- mullach noun ((geology) an elevated land area or a hill.)
Japanese
4 entries- 傑出 noun (the quality or state of being eminent)
- 顕貴 noun (someone of high rank, reputation or social status)
- 高名 noun (someone of high rank, reputation or social status)
- 高地 noun (an elevated land area or a hill)
Macedonian
4 entries- високопреосвештенство noun (someone of high rank, reputation or social status)
- возвишение noun (an elevated land area or a hill)
- возвишеност noun (an elevated land area or a hill)
- еминенција noun (someone of high rank, reputation or social status)
Old Armenian
1 entries- դար noun (an elevated land area or a hill)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- تومسك noun ((anatomy) protuberance)
- شان noun (the quality or state of being eminent)
Russian
1 entries- возвышенность noun (an elevated land area or a hill)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- eminencija noun ((anatomy) protuberance)
- ispupčenje noun ((anatomy) protuberance)
- uzdignuće noun ((anatomy) protuberance)
- еминенција noun ((anatomy) protuberance)
Spanish
2 entries- eminencia noun (an elevated land area or a hill)
- prócer noun (an elevated land area or a hill)
Turkish
4 entries- eminans noun ((anatomy) protuberance)
- kabartı noun ((anatomy) protuberance)
- tepe noun (an elevated land area or a hill)
- çıkıntı noun ((anatomy) protuberance)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
She figured as a gray eminence.
Source: tatoeba (2283964)
The positions of eminence and authority in Congress are allotted in accordance with length of service, regardless of quality. Superficial observers have long criticized the United States for making a fetish of youth. This is unfair. Uniquely among modern organs of public and private administration, its national legislature rewards senility.
Source: tatoeba (6287156)
He reined up his horse on the top of a gentle eminence, from which he observed the busy and gay scene beneath him.
Source: tatoeba (7752530)
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