Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reputation |
| Synonyms: | ballyhoo, celebrity, center stage, dishonor, disrepute, fame, flak, infamy, ink, name*, obloquy, opprobrium, renown, rep, scandal, splash*, spotlight*, wise*, éclat |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fame |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | celebrity |
| Synonyms: | acclaim, acclamation, account, acknowledgment, character, credit, dignity, distinction, elevation, eminence, esteem, estimation, exaltation, favor, glory, greatness, heyday, honor, illustriousness, immortality, kudos, laurels, luster, majesty, name, nobility, note, notoriety, place, popularity, position, preeminence, prominence, public esteem, rank, recognition, regard, renown, rep, report, reputation, repute, splendor, standing, stardom, station, superiority, éclat |
| Main Entry: | infamy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shameful, bad reputation |
| Synonyms: | abomination, atrocity, disapprobation, discredit, disesteem, disgrace, dishonor, disrepute, enormity, evil, ignominy, immorality, impropriety, notoriety, notoriousness, obloquy, odium, opprobrium, outrageousness, scandal, shame, stigma, villainy, wickedness |
| Antonyms: | dignity, goodness, innocence, morality, righteousness, virtue |
| Main Entry: | influence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | power, authority |
| Synonyms: | access, agency, ascendancy, character, clout, command, connections, consequence, control, credit, direction, domination, dominion, drag, effect, esteem, fame, fix, force, grease, guidance, hold, impact, importance, imprint, in, juice*, leadership, leverage, magnetism, mark, moment, money, monopoly, network, notoriety, predominance, prerogative, pressure, prestige, prominence, pull, repercussion, reputation, ropes, rule, significance, spell, supremacy, sway, weight* |
| Antonyms: | impotence, incapacity, inferiority, powerlessness, weakness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | publicity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | promotion of something, someone |
| Synonyms: | PR, advertising, announcement, announcing, attention, ballyhoo, big noise, billing, blurb, boost*, broadcasting, build-up, clout*, commercial, currency, distribution, fame, handout, hoopla*, hype*, ink, limelight, noise*, notoriety, pitch, plug*, press, press-agentry, promo, promulgation, propaganda, public notice, public relations, puff, puffery, pushing, release, report, réclame, scratch*, spotlight*, spread, write-up |
| Antonyms: | secret |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | renown |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fame |
| Synonyms: | acclaim, celebrity, distinction, eminence, glory, honor, illustriousness, kudos, luster, mark, note, notoriety, preeminence, prestige, prominence, prominency, rep, reputation, repute, stardom, éclat |
| Antonyms: | anonymity, obscurity, unimportance |
| Main Entry: | reputation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commonly held opinion of person's character |
| Synonyms: | acceptability, account, approval, authority, character, credit, dependability, distinction, eminence, esteem, estimation, fame, favor, honor, influence, mark*, name*, notoriety, opinion, position, prestige, privilege, prominence, rank, regard, reliability, renown, rep, report, repute, respectability, standing, stature, trustworthiness, weight, éclat |
| Notes: | character is what one is; reputation is what one is thought to be by others |
| Antonyms: | disreputableness, ill repute, notoriety |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rumor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | talk about supposed truth |
| Synonyms: | back-fence talk, breeze*, bruit, canard, comment, cry, dispatch, earful, fabrication, falsehood, fame, fiction, gossip, grapevine, hearsay, hoax, innuendo, intelligence, invention, lie, news, notoriety, report, repute, rumble, scandal, scuttlebutt, story, suggestion, supposition, tale, tattle, tidings, whisper, wire, word |
| Antonyms: | truth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | spotlight |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attention; bright beam of light |
| Synonyms: | center stage, fame, flashlight, floodlight, interest, light, limelight, notoriety, public attention, public eye, publicity |
| Antonyms: | obscurity |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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