'Famous' definitions:
Definition of 'famous'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Widely known and esteemed; "a famous actor"; "a celebrated musician"; "a famed scientist"; "an illustrious judge"; "a notable historian"; "a renowned painter" [syn: celebrated, famed, far-famed, famous, illustrious, notable, noted, renowned]
Definition of 'Famous'
From: GCIDE
- Famous \Fa"mous\, a. [L. famosus, fr. fama fame: cf. F. fameux. See Fame.] 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. [1913 Webster]
- Famous for a scolding tongue. --Shak.
- Syn: Noted; remarkable; signal; conspicuous; celebrated; renowned; illustrious; eminent; transcendent; excellent.
- Usage: Famous, Renowned, Illustrious. 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. See Distinguished. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'famous'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acclaimed,
- advantageous,
- august,
- auspicious,
- beneficial,
- benevolent,
- bon,
- bonny,
- braw,
- bueno,
- capital,
- celebrated,
- cogent,
- commendable,
- conspicuous,
- dandy,
- distinguished,
- elegant,
- elevated,
- eminent,
- estimable,
- exalted,
- excellent,
- expedient,
- fabled,
- fair,
- famed,
- far-famed,
- far-heard,
- favorable,
- fine,
- first,
- first-class,
- first-string,
- glorious,
- godlike,
- good,
- goodly,
- grand,
- great,
- healthy,
- held in esteem,
- helpful,
- heroic,
- high,
- honorable,
- honored,
- illustrious,
- kind,
- laudable,
- lauded,
- legendary,
- lionized,
- lofty,
- magnanimous,
- magnificent,
- majestic,
- marked,
- much acclaimed,
- mythical,
- nice,
- noble,
- notable,
- noted,
- notorious,
- of mark,
- of note,
- pleasant,
- popular,
- praiseworthy,
- prestigious,
- profitable,
- prominent,
- rate,
- redoubtable,
- regal,
- renowned,
- 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