Synonyms for eminence
ˈɛm ə nənsem·i·nence

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1. eminencenoun

   Synonyms:
   distinction, celebrity, renown, prominence

2. eminencenoun

   someone of high rank, reputation or social station

   Synonyms:
   celebrity, renown, distinction, prominence

3. eminencenoun

   the quality or state of being eminent

   Synonyms:
   renown, distinction, celebrity, prominence

4. eminencenoun

   prominence in a particular order or accumulation; esteem

   Synonyms:
   prominence, renown, distinction, celebrity

5. eminencenoun

   an elevated land area or a hill

   Synonyms:
   distinction, celebrity, prominence, renown

6. eminencenoun

   a protuberance

   Synonyms:
   renown, celebrity, prominence, distinction

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1. eminence

   Fame is the widely disseminated report of a person's character, deeds, or abilities, and is oftenest used in the favorable sense. Reputation and repute are more limited than fame, and may be either good or bad. Notoriety is evil repute or a dishonorable counterfeit of fame. Eminence and distinction may result from rank, station, or character. Celebrity is limited in range; we speak of local celebrity, or world-wide fame. Fame in its best sense may be defined as the applause of numbers; renown, as such applause worthily won; we speak of the conqueror's fame, the patriot's renown. Glory and honor are of good import; honor may be given for qualities or acts that should not win it, but it is always given as something good and worthy; we can speak of an evil fame, but not of evil honor; glory has a more exalted and often a sacred sense.

   Synonyms:
   celebrity, credit, distinction, fame, glory, honor, laurels, notoriety, renown, reputation, repute

   Antonyms:
   contempt, contumely, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, disrepute, humiliation, ignominy, infamy, oblivion, obscurity, shame

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1. eminence, distinction, preeminence, notenoun

   high status importance owing to marked superiority

   "a scholar of great eminence"

   Synonyms:
   differentiation, distinction, annotation, tubercle, note, government note, banknote, banker's bill, preeminence, bank bill, short letter, musical note, bill, bank note, tuberosity, line, notation, tone, greenback, note of hand, promissory note, billet

2. tuberosity, tubercle, eminencenoun

   a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament

   Synonyms:
   nodule, distinction, preeminence, note, tubercle, tuberosity

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1. eminencenoun

   Synonyms:
   prominence, projection

2. eminencenoun

   Synonyms:
   elevation, hill, elevated ground, high point

3. eminencenoun

   Synonyms:
   exaltation, celebrity, distinction, note, renown, repute, reputation, fame

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1. John Kenneth Galbraith:

   An important antidote to American democracy is American gerontocracy. 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.