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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

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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. Cat Ellington:

    I mean, I walk around, in the privacy of my home, with my hair all over my head, ya know? I wear a washed face when I'm not out and about, and my nail polish gets chipped, ya know? I'm just Cat. I wear over-sized, holey t-shirts around the house because they're so damn sexy to me and comfy, ya know? And I just don't feel like someone who's famous. I just don't.

  2. Alison Willmore:

    What Rami Malek does in that movie is acting with a capital 'A.' He models himself after this famous figure, he wears prosthetics and he 'performs' at Live Aid.

  3. Harmeet Dhillon:

    The Dalai Lama, the former president of Mexico, famous people come to Cal all the time to speak and they’re allowed to speak and their speech is not barred, their speech is not relegated to 1 to 3 p.m. Their speech is not relegated to being on campus.And their speech is not restricted to only students and their speech is not restricted to not being advertised. These are all unique requirements that are being imposed on conservative speakers at Cal.

  4. Ralph Northam:

    Linwood Holton changed what it means to serve as Governor of Virginia. Linwood Holton knew defeat at the ballot box before victory — and when Linwood Holton won, Linwood Holton made every moment count, if you want to know what American strength looks like, look at the famous photographs of Linwood Holton — smiling, as Linwood Holton walked Linwood Holton children to Richmond's public schools during the tensest moments of desegregation. Linwood Holton faced down Virginia's demons and enabled this Commonwealth to look ahead.

  5. Dan Bishop:

    Scott Perry's telephone is maybe for me an even more extreme example than President Trump, they pick a member of Congress somewhat obscure, perhaps less famous than, say, Jim Jordan or Kevin McCarthy or Jim Banks. And they go and strip him of a cell phone under criminal process a day after they've conducted an unprecedented raid on the former president of the United States over, as far as anybody can tell, kind of weak tea allegations or issues about the Presidential Records Act.


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