eminence

Main Entry:
eminence [em-uh-nuhns]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: importance, fame
Synonyms: authority, celebrity, credit, dignity, distinction, esteem, famousness, glory, greatness, honor, illustriousness, influence, kudos, loftiness, notability, note, power, preeminence, prepotency, prestige, prominence, prominency, rank, renown, reputation, repute, significance, standing, superiority, weight
Antonyms: inferiority, unimportance
Main Entry: advantage
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: benefit, favored position or circumstance
Synonyms: aid, ascendancy, asset, assistance, authority, avail, blessing, boon, break, choice, comfort, convenience, dominance, edge, eminence, expediency, favor, gain, good, gratification, help, hold, improvement, influence, interest, lead, leeway, leg-up, leverage, luck, mastery, odds, position, power, pre-eminence, precedence, preference, prestige, prevalence, profit, protection, recognition, resources, return, sanction, starting, superiority, support, supremacy, upper hand, utility, wealth
Notes: advantage is a relatively favorable position; superiority of means while vantage is a position, condition, or opportunity that is likely to provide superiority or an advantage
Antonyms: disadvantage, drawback, handicap, hindrance, loss, obstacle, restriction
Main Entry: altitude
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: height in the sky
Synonyms: apex, distance, elevation, eminence, loftiness, peak, summit
Antonyms: depth
Main Entry: celebrity
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: fame, notoriety
Synonyms: distinction, eminence, glory, honor, notability, popularity, preeminence, prestige, prominence, renown, reputation, repute, stardom, éclat
Antonyms: obscurity
Main Entry: consequence
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person's status
Synonyms: cachet, dignity, distinction, eminence, notability, position, prestige, rank, repute, standing, state, stature, status
Main Entry: degree
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: recognition of achievement; rank or grade of position
Synonyms: approbation, approval, baccalaureate, caliber, class, compass, credentials, credit, dignification, dignity, distinction, eminence, grade, height, honor, level, magnitude, order, pitch, point, position, potency, qualification, quality, quantity, range, rank, reach, scope, sheepskin, shingle, sort, stage, standard, standing, station, status, strength, testimonial, testimony
Main Entry: dignity
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: excellence, nobility
Synonyms: address, cachet, character, consequence, courtliness, culture, decency, decorum, distinction, elevation, eminence, ethics, etiquette, glory, grace, grandeur, gravity, greatness, hauteur, honor, importance, loftiness, majesty, merit, morality, nobleness, perfection, poise, prestige, propriety, quality, rank, regard, renown, respectability, seemliness, self-respect, significance, solemnity, splendor, standing, state, stateliness, station, stature, status, sublimity, virtue, worth, worthiness
Antonyms: lowliness
Main Entry: distinction
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: prominence; achievement
Synonyms: accolade, account, award, badge, bays, celebrity, consequence, credit, decoration, eminence, excellence, fame, flair, greatness, illustriousness, importance, kudos, laurels, manner, merit, name, note, perfection, preeminence, prestige, quality, rank, renown, reputation, repute, style, superiority, worth
Antonyms: insignificance, lowliness, mediocrity, unimportance
Main Entry: elevation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: height; high ground
Synonyms: acclivity, altitude, ascent, boost, eminence, heave, hill, hillock, hoist, levitation, mountain, platform, ridge, rise, roof, top, uplift, upthrow
Notes: an elevation is a two-dimensional scale drawing of something as if one were viewing it from one side; a section is a two-dimensional scale drawing of one part or detail of an object or structure; and a plan is a two-dimensional scale drawing showing the view of an object or structure as if one were looking down on it from above
Antonyms: depression, lowness
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