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famous
adjective as in legendary, notable to many
Strongest matches
acclaimed, brilliant, distinguished, eminent, excellent, glorious, grand, great, honored, illustrious, important, influential, leading, memorable, noted, notorious, outstanding, powerful, preeminent, prominent, recognized, remarkable, renowned, splendid, well-known
Weak matches
applauded, august, celebrated, conspicuous, elevated, exalted, extraordinary, foremost, high-profile, imposing, in limelight, in spotlight, lionized, mighty, much-publicized, noble, noteworthy, of note, peerless, reputable, signal, talked about
Example Sentences
Since then, Zachary has seemingly become one of the most famous people living in Venice.
Prescott sometimes had an unconventional way of wooing voters, which on one famous occasion stretched to punching one of them.
At the time, the interview became famous after the pair talked about seeing the 123m metre spire in Salisbury.
He said he knew the famous theme tune had captured the essence of 007 after switching the main riff from a sitar to an electric guitar.
Yet for someone so famous, it seemed as if we never really got to know him.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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