Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | important; famous |
| Synonyms: | big-league, bodacious, celebrated, celebrious, conspicuous, distinguished, distingué, eminent, eventful, evident, extraordinary, famed, great, heavy*, high-profile, illustrious, major-league, manifest, marked, memorable, momentous, nameable, noteworthy, noticeable, notorious, observable, outstanding, preeminent, prominent, pronounced, rare, red-letter, remarkable, renowned, rubric, serious, something else, striking, top-drawer, uncommon, unusual, well-known |
| Notes: | notable means 'worthy of notice' and noticeable means 'readily observed' |
| Antonyms: | commonplace, inconsequential, insignificant, ordinary, unimportant, unnoticeable, unremarkable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | big shot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | very important person |
| Synonyms: | VIP, big cat, big cheese, big cheese, big fish, big gun, big gun, big man on campus, big wheel, big wheel, bigwig, bigwig, celebrity, dignitary, fat cat, head honcho, heavy-hitter, heavy-hitter, heavyweight, high man on the totem pole, high-muck-a-muck, important person, influential person, mogul, nabob, notable, personage, somebody |
| Main Entry: | celebrated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | distinguished, famous |
| Synonyms: | acclaimed, big*, eminent, famed, glorious, great, high-powered, illustrious, immortal, important, large, laureate, lionized, notable, number one, numero uno, outstanding, popular, preeminent, prominent, renowned, revered, storied, up there, w. k., well-known |
| Antonyms: | inexalted, inglorious, obscure, plain, unknown |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | celebrity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dignitary |
| Synonyms: | VIP, ace, big cheese, big deal, big gun, big name, big shot, big stuff, bigwig, celeb, cynosure, famous person, figure, heavyweight, hero, hotshot, immortal, lion*, luminary, magnate, mahatma, major leaguer, name, notable, personage, personality, somebody, someone, star, superstar, the cheese, worthy |
| Antonyms: | nobody |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | conspicuous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | important, prominent |
| Synonyms: | arresting, arrestive, blatant, celebrated, commanding, distinguished, eminent, famed, famous, flagrant, flashy, garish, glaring, glitzy, illustrious, influential, jazzy, loud, marked, notable, noted, notorious, outstanding, pointed, rank, remarkable, renowned, salient, screaming, showy, signal, splashy, stick out like sore thumb, striking, tony, well-known |
| Antonyms: | inconspicuous, obscure, unimportant, unknown, unremarkable |
| Main Entry: | distinguished |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | famous, outstanding |
| Synonyms: | acclaimed, aristocratic, arresting, big name, brilliant, celebrated, conspicuous, dignified, distingué, eminent, especial, esteemed, extraordinary, famed, foremost, glorious, great, highly regarded, honored, illustrious, imposing, marked, memorable, name, noble, nonpareil, notable, noted, noteworthy, peerless, prominent, remarkable, renowned, reputable, royal, salient, shining, signal, singular, special, stately, striking, superior, talked of, unforgettable, venerable, well-known |
| Antonyms: | common, insignificant, ordinary, standard, unextraordinary, unknown |
| Main Entry: | eminent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very important; famous |
| Synonyms: | VIP, august, big-gun, big-league, big-name, big-time, celeb, celebrated, celebrious, conspicuous, distinguished, dominant, elevated, esteemed, exalted, famed, grand, great, high, high-ranking, illustrious, leonine, lionlike, lofty, name, noble, notable, noted, noteworthy, of note, outstanding, page-oner, paramount, preeminent, prestigious, prominent, redoubted, renowned, star, superior, superstar, well-known |
| Notes: | if you mean 'famous' or 'superior,' you want eminent; if you mean 'impending, about to happen' that is imminent; and if you mean 'present, inherent,' your word is immanent |
| Antonyms: | disrespected, inferior, undistinguished, unimportant, unnotable |
| Main Entry: | especial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exceptional, particular |
| Synonyms: | chief, distinguished, dominant, exclusive, express, extraordinary, individual, marked, notable, noteworthy, outstanding, paramount, peculiar, personal, predominant, preeminent, preponderant, principal, private, set, signal, singular, special, specific, supreme, surpassing, uncommon, unique, unusual |
| Antonyms: | common, general, normal, ordinary, unexceptional, unspecific, usual |
| Main Entry: | eventful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | significant, busy |
| Synonyms: | active, consequential, critical, crucial, decisive, exciting, fateful, full, historic, important, lively, memorable, momentous, notable, noteworthy, outstanding, remarkable, signal |
| Antonyms: | dull, insignificant, normal, ordinary, trivial, uneventful, unnoteworthy, usual |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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