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Synonyms for famous
ˈfeɪ məsfa·mous

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Wiktionary4.0 / 5 votes

  1. famousadjective

    Synonyms:
    celebrated, noted, famed, renowned, well-known

  2. famousadjective

    Well known.

    Synonyms:
    well-known, celebrated, noted, famed, renowned

  3. famousadjective

    In the public eye.

    Some people are only famous within their city.

    Synonyms:
    noted, famed, renowned, well-known, celebrated

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 5 votes

  1. famous

    Synonyms:
    renowned, glorious, celebrated, illustrious, far-famed

    Antonyms:
    unknown, obscure, unsung, inglorious

Princeton's WordNet3.4 / 7 votes

  1. celebrated, famed, far-famed, famous, illustrious, notable, noted, renownedadjective

    widely known and esteemed

    "a famous actor"; "a celebrated musician"; "a famed scientist"; "an illustrious judge"; "a notable historian"; "a renowned painter"

    Synonyms:
    historied, celebrated, noted, storied, renowned, notable, illustrious, noteworthy, far-famed, famed

    Antonyms:
    unknown

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

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Dictionary of English Synonymes2.5 / 2 votes

  1. famousadjective

    Synonyms:
    celebrated, renowned, distinguished, illustrious, eminent, remarkable, famed, far-famed

  2. famousadjective

    Synonyms:
    noted, notorious, signal, conspicuous

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words1.0 / 1 vote

  1. famousadjective

    Synonyms:
    renowned, famed, noted, celebrated, eminent, illustrious, distinguished, far-famed

    Antonyms:
    obscure, inglorious, unknown, notorious

Nicknames0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of known nicknames for "Famous":

    Kenneth Jackson, Lil Ken

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How to use famous in a sentence?

  1. Pat Szpunar:

    They told me that someone famous was killed in my home, and I said, 'What? It's not like it's Jimmy Hoffa or anything?' And they turned white as sheep.

  2. Top Egyptian businessman Naguib Sawiris:

    We all know the minute the decisions go down to our famous and most regarded bureaucrats you see one sign only: stop. They need to have a pusher, and the minister of investment is a pusher.

  3. RAS CARDO REGGAE:

    I , ras cardo- reggae creator, will say this reggae truth:- leghorn coghile from trench town wrote the lyrics for the song-them belly full. this was the same song which bob marley made famous. I was there with them in trench town when all this was done. I know the details surrounding the writings of these lyrics. I was there!

  4. Alexis DeTocqueville:

    This Rock has become an object of veneration in the United States. I have seen bits of it carefully preserved in several towns in the Union. Does this sufficiently show that all human power and greatness is in the soul of man? Here is a stone which the feet of a few outcasts pressed for an instant; and the stone becomes famous; it is treasured by a great nation; its very dust is shared as a relic.

  5. Cologne Mayor Henriette Reker:

    We'll celebrate the traditional, unique and world-famous carnival much to everyone's delight like we have always done in Cologne, we have reacted to the events of New Year's Eve with specific measures.


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