eminent

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• adjective Well-known and respected, especially for achievement in a particular field: synonym: famous.
• adjective Outstanding or remarkable.
• adjective Being such in full measure; complete; absolute.
• adjective Towering or standing out above others; prominent.

from The Century Dictionary.

• Prominent; standing out above other things; high; lofty.
• High in rank, office, worth, or public estimation; conspicuous; highly distinguished: said of a person or of his position: as, an eminent station; an eminent historian or poet. It is rarely used in a bad sense.
• Conspicuous; such as to attract attention; manifest: as, the judge's charge was characterized by eminent fairness; an eminent example of the uncertainty of circumstantial evidence.
• Supreme; controlling; unrestrained by higher right or authority: chiefly in the phrase eminent domain (which see, under domain).
• In mineralogy, highly perfect: said of cleavage.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• adjective High; lofty; towering; prominent.
• adjective Being, metaphorically, above others, whether by birth, high station, merit, or virtue; high in public estimation; distinguished; conspicuous
• adjective (Law) See under Domain.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• adjective archaic high, lofty; towering; prominent.
• adjective noteworthy, remarkable, great
• adjective of a person, distinguished, important, noteworthy

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• adjective of imposing height; especially standing out above others
• adjective standing above others in quality or position