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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. Rick Laude:

    I said,' Hey, Anthony, is Santa going to bring you something good for Christmas ?' he said,' Yes, I'm going to be more famous. I'm going to be so famous Nashville will never forget me.'.

  2. Donald Trump:

    You know how the famous Concord is ? Concord -- that's the same Concord that we read about all the time right ? Concord.

  3. Proverb:

    Shark is the famous one in sea the but they many others.

  4. Director Luisa Garcia:

    We rented in a very famous medical office building that's dedicated to medical tourism, the moment that United States learned United States was for abortion, United States wouldn't rent to us.

  5. Roger Booth:

    That's happening to kids who are sort of famous and the whole world is watching, there may be problems that are deeper affecting all sorts of kids.


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