celebrated, famed, far-famed, famous, illustrious, notable, noted, renowned
(adjective) widely known and esteemed; “a famous actor”; “a celebrated musician”; “a famed scientist”; “an illustrious judge”; “a notable historian”; “a renowned painter”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
famous (comparative more famous, superlative most famous)
Well known.
In the public eye.
• (well-known): See Thesaurus:famous
• (in the public eye)
famous (third-person singular simple present famouses, present participle famousing, simple past and past participle famoused)
(transitive, obsolete) To make famous; to bring renown to.
Source: Wiktionary
Fa"mous, a. Etym: [L. famosus, fr. fama fame: cf. F. fameux. See Fame.]
Definition: 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.
Syn.
– Noted; remarkable; signal; conspicuous; celebrated; renowned; illustrious; eminent; transcendent; excellent.
– 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
