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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. Andy Saunders:

    Theyre such famous photographs and to be able to see both their faces on the 50th anniversary is really quite something.

  2. Alderman Mike Scott:

    Of course, I didn’t grow up with social media. But it’s becoming a place where young people act out movie scenes if you will, people are getting shot and killed and beaten on Facebook Live, i really don’t understand the fascination or the glorification of this violence. People want to get Facebook and Instagram famous, not knowing the consequences.

  3. Verne Troyer:

    I had no idea how famous this character was going to be, once we started rehearsal, Mike( Mike Myers ') kept adding more parts.

  4. House Republicans ':

    Our Party has been hijacked, my Party has been hijacked. Our Party is on the way to the ground. And for some people, Our Party's a fun ride, right ? We can put out this outrageous stuff on Twitter,' Yeah I'm getting all these retweets and everybody knows me, I'm famous,' but this plane is going to crash to the ground.

  5. Mohamed Itoumaine:

    I was really excited and impressed because he told me at the championship that' I'm coming to yours next' and kept his word, it is very hard to get a famous person to come to a local competition because their schedules are so busy.


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