Synonyms for renowned
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Famous — famous, celebrated, or well-known; widely praised or highly honored
famous, famed, far-famed formal, distinguished, celebrated, illustrious, eminent, noted, great, gurt UK, brilliant, notable, glorious, noble, exalted
Other
honored US, honoured UK, renownless dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Famous, celebrated, or well-known; widely praised or highly honored.
The movie Three Stars is about world-renowned chefs.
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Famous is applied to a person or thing widely spoken of as extraordinary; renowned is applied to those who are named again and again with honor; illustrious, to those who have dazzled the world by the splendor of their deeds or their virtues.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Example sentences
- famous Yoshino is a place famous for its cherry blossoms.
- celebrated Mennad celebrated his graduation from high school.
- distinguished The original and the copy are easily distinguished.
- famed We were approaching the famed Pillars of Hercules.
- honored I am very happy and honored to meet you in person.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| renowned | rising | |
| famous | rising | |
| celebrated | rising | |
| distinguished | falling | |
| famed | steady | |
| honored | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- gurt
- 5 letters
- great1, noted2, noble2, famed1
- 6 letters
- famous2
- 7 letters
- notable3, honored2, eminent3, exalted3
- 8 letters
- glorious3, honoured2
- 9 letters
- brilliant2
- 10 letters
- celebrated4, renownless
- 11 letters
- illustrious4
- 13 letters
- distinguished3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (noted2 = 2 syllables).