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luminaries

NOUN

very important person

Synonyms

STRONGEST

celebrity dignitary notable personage superstar

STRONG

VIP eminence leader lion name notability personality somebody star worthy

WEAK

big name celeb

Antonyms

STRONG

nobody

Example Sentences

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In this milieu, Hollywood A-listers like Will Ferrell and Sharon Stone, who occupy separate cliques nearby, pale in comparison to the mingling artistic luminaries.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

They had urgent questions about elections for Bondi, then-DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and other luminaries who had promised to appear at the event.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026

Lex Fridman's podcast draws millions of viewers or listeners and has attracted tech luminaries including Musk, Zuckerberg, DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman for two-to-three-hour discussions ranging from business to the personal.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Why would luminaries risk their reputations by interacting with Jeffrey Epstein?

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Not only did he answer my letter, but he included his response in his autobiography, sandwiched between letters to Nehru, Khrushchev, T. S. Eliot, D. H. Lawrence, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and other luminaries.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos