Famous

a.

1.

Celebrated in fame or public report; renowned; mach talked of; distinguished in story; - used in either a good or a bad sense, chiefly the former; often followed by for; as, famous for erudition, for eloquence, for military skill; a famous pirate. Famous for a scolding tongue. - Shak.

Adj.

1.

famous - widely known and esteemed; "a famous actor"; "a celebrated musician"; "a famed scientist"; "an illustrious judge"; "a notable historian"; "a renowned painter" Synonyms: celebrated, famed, far-famed, illustrious, noted, renowned, notable

acclaimed, advantageous, august, auspicious, beneficial, benevolent, bon, bonny, braw, bueno, capital, cogent, commendable, conspicuous, dandy, elegant, elevated, estimable, exalted, excellent, expedient, fabled, fair, far-famed, far-heard, favorable, fine, first, first-class, first-string, godlike, good, goodly, grand, great, healthy, held in esteem, helpful, heroic, high, honorable, honored, kind, laudable, lauded, legendary, lionized, lofty, magnanimous, magnificent, majestic, marked, much acclaimed, mythical, nice, noble, notable, notorious, of mark, of note, pleasant, popular, praiseworthy, prestigious, profitable, prominent, rate, redoubtable, regal, reputable, respectable, royal, skillful, soaring, sound, splendid, sublime, superb, superior, talked-about, talked-of, top, top-notch, towering, useful, valid, venerable, very good, virtuous, well-known, well-thought-of

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