Everyone wants to meet you. You're famous!
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Famous
//ˈfeɪ.məs//
Synonyms for "famous" (142 found)
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Closest matches (29)
Strong matches (42)
Related words (71)
laudedlegendarylionizedloftymagnanimousmagnificentmajesticmarkedmuch acclaimedmythicalnicenoblenotablenotednotoriousof markof noteoutstandingpleasantpopular
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praiseworthyprestigiousprimeprofitableprominentpublicrateredoubtableregalrenownedreputablerespectableroyalsignalskillfulsoaringsoundsplendidstarstunningsublimesuccessfulsuperbsuperiorswingeingtalked abouttalked-abouttalked-oftoptop-notchtoweringusefulvalidvenerablevery goodvirtuouswell-knownwell-thought-of
Adjective(10 words)
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16 entriesAntonyms
9 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
15 entriesderived
26 entriesShowing 16 of 26 words.
distinct from
1 entriesrelated to
90 entriesShowing 16 of 90 words.
similar
1 entriesTranslations
202 translations across 90 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- beroemd adj (well known)
Albanian
2 entries- famshëm adj (well known)
- famëmadh adj (well known)
Ancient Greek
4 entries- εὔδοξος adj (well known)
- κλεινός adj (well known)
- κλειτός adj (well known)
- ὀνομαστός adj (well known)
Arabic
4 entries- شَهِير adj (well known)
- مشهور adj (well known)
- مَشْهُور adj (well known)
- مَشْهُور adj (in the public eye)
Armenian
1 entries- հայտնի adj (well known)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- tanınmış adj (well known)
Basque
1 entries- famatu adj (well known)
Belarusian
4 entries- вядо́мы adj (well known)
- вядо́мы adj (in the public eye)
- сла́ўны adj (in the public eye)
- славу́ты adj (in the public eye)
Bengali
3 entries- নামজাদা adj (well known)
- বিখ্যাত adj (well known)
- মশহুর adj (well known)
Bulgarian
4 entries- знамени́т adj (in the public eye)
- изве́стен adj (well known)
- изве́стен adj (in the public eye)
- прочу́т adj (well known)
Catalan
2 entries- cèlebre adj (in the public eye)
- famós adj (well known)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 出名 adj (well known)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 有名 adj (well known)
- 有名 adj (in the public eye)
- 著名 adj (well known)
- 著名 adj (in the public eye)
Czech
3 entries- proslulý adj (well known)
- slavný adj (well known)
- věhlasný adj (well known)
Danish
1 entries- berømt adj (well known)
Dutch
2 entries- alom bekend adj (in the public eye)
- beroemd adj (well known)
Egyptian
1 entries- r:x*x-Z4:Y1 adj (well known)
Esperanto
1 entries- fama adj (well known)
Estonian
1 entries- kuulus adj (well known)
Faroese
1 entries- víðagitin adj (well known)
Finnish
2 entries- kuuluisa adj (well known)
- kuuluisa adj (in the public eye)
French
4 entries- connu adj (well known)
- célèbre adj (well known)
- célèbre adj (in the public eye)
- fameux adj (well known)
Galician
3 entries- afamado adj (well known)
- de sona adj (well known)
- famoso adj (well known)
Georgian
4 entries- სახელგანთქმული adj (well known)
- სახელგანთქმული პირი adj (in the public eye)
- სახელმოხვეჭილი adj (well known)
- სახელოვანი adj (well known)
German
3 entries- bekannt adj (well known)
- berühmt adj (well known)
- berühmt adj (in the public eye)
Greek
2 entries- διάσημος adj (well known)
- περίφημος adj (well known)
Greenlandic
1 entries- tusaamasaq adj (well known)
Hawaiian
1 entries- kaulana adj (well known)
Hebrew
1 entries- מפורסם adj (well known)
Hindi
4 entries- नामी adj (well known)
- प्रख्यात adj (well known)
- प्रख्यात adj (in the public eye)
- प्रसिद्ध adj (well known)
Hungarian
2 entries- híres adj (well known)
- híres adj (in the public eye)
Icelandic
1 entries- frægur adj (well known)
Ido
1 entries- famoza adj (well known)
Indonesian
2 entries- terkenal adj (well known)
- termahsyur adj (well known)
Ingrian
2 entries- kuuluisa adj (well known)
- kuuluisa adj (in the public eye)
Interlingua
1 entries- famose adj (well known)
Irish
1 entries- cáiliúil adj (well known)
Italian
1 entries- famoso adj (well known)
Japanese
3 entries- 名高い adj (well known)
- 有名 adj (well known)
- 高名 adj (well known)
Kazakh
2 entries- мәшһүр adj (well known)
- әйгілі adj (well known)
Khmer
1 entries- ល្បី adj (well known)
Korean
1 entries- 유명한 adj (well known)
Latin
4 entries- fāmōsus adj (well known)
- inclitus adj (well known)
- nobilis adj (well known)
- notus adj (well known)
Latvian
1 entries- slavens adj (well known)
Ligurian
1 entries- famôzo adj (well known)
Lithuanian
3 entries- garsus adj (well known)
- gerai žinomas adj (well known)
- įžymus adj (well known)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- znaty adj (well known)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- berühmt adj (well known)
Macedonian
1 entries- познат adj (well known)
Malay
2 entries- masyhur adj (well known)
- terkenal adj (well known)
Malayalam
4 entries- പേരുകേട്ട adj (well known)
- പ്രശസ്ത adj (well known)
- പ്രശസ്ത adj (in the public eye)
- പ്രശസ്തമായ adj (well known)
Manchu
1 entries- ᡤᡝᠪᡠᠩᡤᡝ adj (well known)
Mansaka
1 entries- bantogan adj (well known)
Mirandese
2 entries- afamado adj (well known)
- famoso adj (well known)
Mongolian
1 entries- алдарт adj (well known)
Māori
1 entries- rongonui adj (well known)
Neapolitan
1 entries- famuso adj (well known)
Nepali
1 entries- प्रसिद्ध adj (well known)
Norman
1 entries- fanmeux adj (well known)
Northern Sami
1 entries- beakkálmas adj (well known)
Norwegian
2 entries- berømt adj (well known)
- kjent adj (well known)
Old English
1 entries- hlīsful adj (well known)
Old Norse
1 entries- ágætr adj (well known)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- بللی adj (well known)
Persian
3 entries- مشهور adj (well known)
- معروف adj (well known)
- نامدار adj (well known)
Plautdietsch
2 entries- beriemt adj (well known)
- huachberiemt adj (well known)
Polish
2 entries- sławny adj (well known)
- słynny adj (well known)
Portuguese
4 entries- afamado adj (well known)
- conhecido adj (in the public eye)
- célebre adj (well known)
- famoso adj (well known)
Romanian
2 entries- celebru adj (well known)
- faimos adj (well known)
Romansch
1 entries- famus adj (well known)
Russian
4 entries- знамени́тый adj (in the public eye)
- изве́стный adj (well known)
- изве́стный adj (in the public eye)
- просла́вленный adj (in the public eye)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- ainmeil adj (well known)
- ainmeil adj (in the public eye)
- allail adj (in the public eye)
- cliùiteach adj (well known)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- poznat adj (well known)
- познат adj (well known)
Slovak
3 entries- slávny adj (well known)
- známy adj (well known)
- známy adj (in the public eye)
Slovene
3 entries- slaven adj (well known)
- slaven adj (in the public eye)
- znamenit adj (in the public eye)
Spanish
4 entries- afamado adj (well known)
- conocido adj (well known)
- célebre adj (well known)
- de expectación adj (well known)
Swedish
2 entries- berömd adj (well known)
- känd adj (well known)
Tagalog
2 entries- kilala adj (well known)
- kilala adj (in the public eye)
Tarantino
1 entries- famuse adj (well known)
Thai
3 entries- กระหึ่ม adj (well known)
- มีชื่อเสียง adj (well known)
- โด่งดัง adj (well known)
Tibetan
1 entries- སྐད་གྲགས adj (well known)
Turkish
4 entries- meşhur adj (well known)
- meşhur adj (in the public eye)
- ünlü adj (well known)
- ünlü adj (in the public eye)
Ukrainian
4 entries- відо́мий adj (well known)
- відо́мий adj (in the public eye)
- знамени́тий adj (in the public eye)
- сла́вний adj (in the public eye)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- sławny adj (well known)
Urdu
4 entries- جانا مانا adj (well known)
- شُہُور و مَعرُوف adj (well known)
- شہرت یافتہ adj (well known)
- شہرۂ آفاق adj (well known)
Vietnamese
2 entries- nổi danh adj (well known)
- nổi tiếng adj (well known)
Welsh
1 entries- enwog adj (well known)
West-Frisian
1 entries- ferneamde adj (well known)
Western Bukidnon Manobo
1 entries- mevantug adj (well known)
Yakut
1 entries- ааттаах adj (well known)
Sample sentences
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What famous songs do you wish you had composed, and why?
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In his fantasy, he imagined he was a famous writer.
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You should visit Kyoto, which is famous for its old temples and shrines.
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