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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | eminence |
| Synonyms: | authority, celebrity, credit, dignity, distinction, eminency, esteem, fame, famousness, glory, greatness, honor, illustriousness, influence, kudos*, loftiness, luster, mark*, note, power, preeminence, prepotency, prestige, prominence, prominency, rank, renown, reputation, repute, significance, standing, superiority, weight |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | celebrity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fame, notoriety |
| Synonyms: | distinction, eminence, glory, honor, notability, popularity, preeminence, prestige, prominence, renown, reputation, repute, stardom, éclat |
| Antonyms: | obscurity |
| Main Entry: | consequence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's status |
| Synonyms: | cachet, dignity, distinction, eminence, notability, position, prestige, rank, repute, standing, state, stature, status |
| Main Entry: | eminence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | importance, fame |
| Synonyms: | authority, celebrity, credit, dignity, distinction, esteem, famousness, glory, greatness, honor, illustriousness, influence, kudos, loftiness, notability, note, power, preeminence, prepotency, prestige, prominence, prominency, rank, renown, reputation, repute, significance, standing, superiority, weight |
| Antonyms: | inferiority, unimportance |
| Main Entry: | feature |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | characteristic |
| Synonyms: | affection, angle, article, aspect, attribute, character, component, constituent, detail, differential, earmark*, element, facet, factor, gag, gimmick, hallmark, idiosyncrasy, individuality, ingredient, integrant, item, mark, notability, particularity, peculiarity, point, property, quality, savor, slant*, speciality, specialty, trait, twist*, unit, virtue |
| Notes: | the opener comes first in a three-comic show, followed by the feature, followed by the headliner |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | figure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | famous person |
| Synonyms: | celebrity, character, dignitary, force, leader, notability, notable, personage, personality, presence, somebody, worthy |
| Antonyms: | commoner |
| Main Entry: | importance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | significance, weight |
| Synonyms: | accent, attention, bearing, caliber, concern, concernment, consequence, denotation, distinction, drift*, effect, emphasis, force, gist*, gravity, import, influence, interest, materiality, moment, momentousness, notability, paramountcy, point, precedence, preponderance, preponderancy, priority, purport, relevance, sense, seriousness, signification, standing, stress, substance, tenor, usefulness, value, weightiness |
| Antonyms: | insignificance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | importance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prominence, standing |
| Synonyms: | consequence, conspicuousness, distinction, eminence, esteem, fame, greatness, influence, lionization, mark, notability, note, noteworthiness, rank, reputation, salience, status, usefulness, worth |
| Main Entry: | kudos |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | praise, acclaim |
| Synonyms: | PR, applause, credit, distinction, eminence, esteem, fame, flattery, glory, honor, illustriousness, laudation, notability, pat on the back, plaudits, plum, preeminence, prestige, prominence, puff, pumping up, raves, regard, renown, repute, strokes |
| Antonyms: | blame, criticism |
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