leonine

[lee-uh-nahyn] / ˈli əˌnaɪn /

ADJECTIVE

eminent

Synonyms

STRONGEST

big-name distinguished esteemed famed high-ranking illustrious noted outstanding preeminent prominent renowned well-known

WEAK

VIP august big-gun big-league big-time celeb celebrated celebrious conspicuous dominant elevated exalted grand great high lionlike lofty name noble notable noteworthy of note page-oner paramount prestigious redoubted star superior superstar

Antonyms

STRONGEST

common inconspicuous inferior insignificant obscure ordinary unimportant unknown unremarkable

WEAK

disrespected undistinguished unnotable

Example Sentences

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He comes to the Proms with the Dutch Concertgebouw Orchestra, to play Mahler's leonine fifth symphony.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2025

What could be more leonine than a personal inferno?

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 22, 2024

What looked on the picture to be a long, leonine dangling tail with a bob at the end could have been a shadow cast by vegetation.

From Reuters • Jul. 21, 2023

Brian Cox, who for three-plus seasons played Logan with a mercurial, leonine ferocity, seemed as surprised as anyone to learn that his character was fated for such a swift demise.

From New York Times • Apr. 9, 2023

Its body was leonine, but its face, furred and matted with dirt, had human eyes and a human nose and mouth.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

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