supereminent

adjective

ˌsü-pər-ˈe-mə-nənt How to pronounce supereminent (audio)
Definition of supereminentnext
as in chief
highest in rank or authority the supereminent authority in the field of Shakespearean scholarship

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supereminent
  1. chief
  2. foremost
  3. top
  4. supreme
  5. commanding
  6. first
  7. lead
  8. leading
Adjective
  • So, with all respect to Angele, Mia (aged three and a half) was my chief influence.
    Monica Ainley, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Probably Marathon becoming the chief priority and Destiny getting even less investment unless there’s some giant hiring spree to bolster Bungie, which seems unlikely.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of chief
Adjective
  • Forbes Business Council is the foremost growth and networking organization for business owners and leaders.
    Edward Tuorinsky, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Recovery remains the foremost concern for John Force.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of foremost
Adjective
  • With their growth mindset and unwavering commitment, top talents continuously conquer challenges and seek new opportunities for success.
    Sho Dewan, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
  • In 1960, the release of The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart, which skyrocketed to the top stop on the Billboard charts as the first comedy album to do so, kicked off his comedy career.
    Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
Definition of top
Adjective
  • Officials were trying to convince the supreme leader to change his mind, according to a second leader who spoke from Kandahar, the birthplace of the Taliban in southern Afghanistan.
    Brian Cheng, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Nasrallah spoke Persian, had lived for a time in Iran, and was the only major figure in the region who considered Iran’s supreme leader to be his spiritual guide.
    Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of supreme
Adjective
  • As a result, the Eagles possessed the ball for 12:58 of the 15 minutes in the third to take a commanding lead.
    Mike DeFabo, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Others won’t want to commit to Microsoft Azure as their cloud platform, despite Microsoft’s commanding lead in generative AI.
    Kathleen Gallagher, Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of commanding
Adjective
  • With the first season deemed successful and warmly received, the prospect of merging these two racing entities has become a possibility.
    Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
  • The superstar reveals her true story in the first of a two-part memoir. 3.
    The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 2024
Definition of first
Adjective
  • Valtonen, the archive’s lead researcher, tells Designboom’s Kat Barandy that the Nokia Design Archive is as much about the people who made Nokia products as the products themselves.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Fast forward to June of this year, when Spain was the lead sponsor of the Fancy Food Show in NYC.
    Sofia Perez, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of lead
Adjective
  • The two then made their red carpet debut as a couple in September 2021 at the Tony Awards, where Tveit won best performance by an actor in a leading role in a musical for Moulin Rouge!.
    Hannah Sacks, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Two 21-year-olds have been given leading roles in midfield.
    Dermot Corrigan, The Athletic, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of leading
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