Monge stood preeminent above his contemporaries.
Source: tatoeba (10650013)
Preeminent
Synonyms for "preeminent" (112 found)
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Closest matches (23)
Strong matches (33)
Related words (56)
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derived
2 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
3 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
33 translations across 23 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- skitterend adj (exceeding others in quality or rank)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- κατ’ ἐξοχήν adj (exceeding others in quality or rank)
Bulgarian
2 entries- отличен adj (exceeding others in quality or rank)
- превъзходен adj (exceeding others in quality or rank)
Catalan
1 entries- preeminent adj (exceeding others in quality or rank)
Danish
1 entries- fremtrædende adj (exceeding others in quality or rank)
Dutch
1 entries- uitstekend adj (exceeding others in quality or rank)
Finnish
2 entries- erinomainen adj (exceeding others in quality or rank)
- esimerkillinen adj (exceeding others in quality or rank)
French
1 entries- prééminent adj (exceeding others in quality or rank)
Galician
1 entries- preeminente adj (exceeding others in quality or rank)
German
3 entries- herausragend adj (exceeding others in quality or rank)
- hervorragend adj (exceeding others in quality or rank)
- überragend adj (exceeding others in quality or rank)
Hindi
2 entries- श्रेष्ठ adj (exceeding others in quality or rank)
- सर्वश्रेष्ठ adj (exceeding others in quality or rank)
Irish
3 entries- aireaghdha adj (exceeding others in quality or rank)
- dearscnaitheach adj (exceeding others in quality or rank)
- séaghainn adj (exceeding others in quality or rank)
Italian
1 entries- preminente adj (exceeding others in quality or rank)
Japanese
4 entries- ピカイチ adj (exceeding others in quality or rank)
- 卓抜な adj (exceeding others in quality or rank)
- 卓越な adj (exceeding others in quality or rank)
- 擢んでる adj (exceeding others in quality or rank)
Korean
1 entries- 걸출한 adj (exceeding others in quality or rank)
Latin
1 entries- praestābilis adj (exceeding others in quality or rank)
Occitan
1 entries- preeminent adj (exceeding others in quality or rank)
Old Irish
1 entries- prímda adj (exceeding others in quality or rank)
Portuguese
1 entries- preeminente adj (exceeding others in quality or rank)
Russian
1 entries- выдаю́щийся adj (exceeding others in quality or rank)
Sanskrit
1 entries- प्रधान adj (exceeding others in quality or rank)
Spanish
1 entries- preeminente adj (exceeding others in quality or rank)
Swedish
1 entries- framstående adj (exceeding others in quality or rank)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
That impish man is a preeminent economist.
Source: tatoeba (12338119)
Our progenitor was a preeminent rabbi in Lodz.
Source: tatoeba (12338120)
China is still preeminent for its Goldfish, of which Pennant informs us that the most beautiful kinds, both for elegance of shape and richness of tinting, are taken in a small lake in the Province of Che-kyang.
Source: wiktionary
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