Meaning: Surpassing all others; very distinguished in some way.
Example: The world’s pre-eminent expert on asbestos
Synonyms: greatest, leading, foremost, best, finest, chief, outstanding, excellent, distinguished, prominent, eminent, important, major, star, top, toptier, topmost, famous, renowned, celebrated, illustrious, towering, supreme, superior, exceptional, unrivalled, unsurpassed, unequalled, inimitable, incomparable, matchless, peerless, unmatched, arch-, transcendent
Antonyms: unknown, undistinguished, inferior