Famous

What do we mean by famous?

Well or widely known. adjective

First-rate; excellent. adjective

To render famous or renowned.

Celebrated in fame or public report; renowned; distinguished in story or common talk: generally followed by for before the thing for which the person or thing is famed: as, a man famous for erudition, for eloquence, for military skill, etc.; a spring famous for its cures.

Deserving of fame; praiseworthy; uncommonly good; admirable: as, he is a famous hand at such work.

. Of good character: opposed to infamous.

. Injurious; defamatory; slanderous.

Synonyms Noted, Celebrated, Famous, Renowned, Illustrious, Distinguished, Eminent, Notable, Notorious, famed, far-famed, conspicuous, remarkable, signal. The first nine words express degrees and kinds of the presence or prominence of a person or thing in public knowledge or attention. Noted, celebrated, famous, are of an ascending scale of strength, and may be used in a good or a bad sense: as, a celebrated thief; a famous forger. The use of celebrated in a bad sense is rather new and less common. Noted is not much used by fastidious writers. Celebrated, renowned, illustrious, are also on an ascending scale of strength. Celebrated is, by derivation, commemorated in a solemn way, and occasionally shows somewhat of this meaning still. Renowned is, literally, named again and again. Illustrious suggests luster, splendor, in character or conduct: as, illustrious deeds; making one's country illustrious. Distinguished means marked by something that makes one stand apart from or above others in the public view. Eminent means standing high above the crowd. Notable is worthy of note, and so memorable, conspicuous, or notorious: as, a notable liar. Notorious is now used only in a bad sense, having a large and evil fame. A man may be notable, noted, or famous for his eccentricities or his industry, celebrated for his wit, renowned for his achievements, illustrious for his virtues, distinguished for his talents, eminent for his professional skill or success, notorious for his want of principle. 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 adjective

Well known. adjective

In the public eye. adjective

Widely known and esteemed adjective

To make famous; to bring renown to.

Words that are spelled similarly to famous:
famous, fumous, gamous, ramous, camous, hamous, famos, fanous.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word famous:
temple, poet, poets, poem, painter.

Words that rhyme with famous:
amos, ignoramus, shamus, mandamus, ramus, seamus, wamus, gamous, tamus, writ of mandamus, leymus, away miss, became us, blame miss, blame us, brademas, came miss, claim us, day miss, defame us, frame us, inflame us, j miss, may miss, name miss, name us, overcame us, paulhamus, pay miss, play miss, reclaim us, say miss, shame us, they miss, today miss, way miss, yesterday miss.

Adjectives that are often used to describe famous:
world, some, three, sixteen, thirty, his, late, four, fifty, several, become, our, its, paramount, ashley, notorious, this, five, international, another, nation, seven, newark, not.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective famous:
men, work, book, case, example, passage, speech, writer, story, letter, battle, poem, poet, school, phrase, names, essay, city, line, family, author, works, temple, artists, house, name, artist, writers, statement, novel, scene, dictum, painter, picture, painting, song, collection, examples, singer, actor, scholar, experiment, article, actress, son, statue, series, leader, victory, paintings, philosopher, remark, physician, figures, authors, preacher, library, star, university, books, report, act, paper, general, trial, declaration, poets, doctor, bridge, monastery, treatise, scientist, expedition, historian, play, town, march, company, actors, chief, description, king, church, novelist, teacher, club.

Words that sound like famous:
famous, famis, fameuse, femis, feyness, finess, famos, famas, fameless, faunus, famoused, funus, fenice, funis, finesse, fema, faints, fames, fama, fima, foma, faunas, phoma, firmus, foamless, faineance, fatus, fameux, fun house, phyma, seamus, shamus, thymus, sheamus, tamus, veinous, lamus, leymus, wamus, hamus, kamus, famish, femoris, faming, fayez, formis, phlomis, phaius, face, fame, faces, fantasy, famine, fakes, fellas, fauna, fairness, fates, amos, famed, faithless, faiths, fatness, fantasie, famously, fams, amus, fannies, fazes, feigns, fami, famo, femmes, femi, faim, farness, fana, fadness, famines, femurs, fems, farm house, fena, fanes, faunist, feints, faits, femia, famoso, faunce, faks, femo, fains, famu, femes, fanx, feems, faena, fat mouse, fellness.