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Famous

Famous Meaning & Definition
Famous Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Famous?

[adj] widely known and esteemed; "a famous actor"; "a celebrated musician"; "a famed scientist"; "an illustrious judge"; "a notable historian"; "a renowned painter"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Famous: celebrated | famed | far-famed | illustrious | known | notable | noted | renowned

Related Terms | Find terms related to Famous: acclaimed | advantageous | august | auspicious | beneficial | benevolent | bon | bonny | braw | bueno | capital | celebrated | cogent | commendable | conspicuous | dandy | distinguished | elegant | elevated | eminent | estimable | exalted | excellent | expedient | fabled | fair | famed | far-famed | far-heard | favorable | fine | first | first-class | first-string | glorious | godlike | good | goodly | grand | great | healthy | held in esteem | helpful | heroic | high | honorable | honored | illustrious | kind | laudable | lauded | legendary | lionized | lofty | magnanimous | magnificent | majestic | marked | much acclaimed | mythical | nice | noble | notable | noted | notorious | of mark | of note | pleasant | popular | praiseworthy | prestigious | profitable | prominent | rate | redoubtable | regal | renowned | reputable | respectable | royal | skillful | soaring | sound | splendid | sublime | superb | superior | talked-about | talked-of | top | top-notch | towering | useful | valid | venerable | very good | virtuous | well-known | well-thought-of

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Famous In Webster's Dictionary

\Fa"mous\, a. [L. famosus, fr. fama fame: cf. F. fameux. See {Fame}.] Celebrated in fame or public report; renowned; mach talked of; distinguished in story; -- used in either a good or a bad sense, chiefly the former; often followed by for; as, famous for erudition, for eloquence, for military skill; a famous pirate. Famous for a scolding tongue. --Shak. Syn: Noted; remarkable; signal; conspicuous; celebrated; renowned; illustrious; eminent; transcendent; excellent. Usage: {Famous}, {Renowned}, {Illustrious}. Famous is applied to a person or thing widely spoken of as extraordinary; renowned is applied to those who are named again and again with honor; illustrious, to those who have dazzled the world by the splendor of their deeds or their virtues. See {Distinguished}.

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