Famous

Adjective

 * 1) Well known.
 * 2) In the public eye.
 * Some people are only famous within their city.

Adverbs for Famous
illustriously; brilliantly; notoriously; terribly; internationally; prodigiously; tremendously; distinctly; gloriously; honorably; deservedly; ingloriously; ignobly; horribly; imperishably; splendidly; politically; proudly; nobly; undeniably; remarkably; reputably ; signally; amazingly.

Synonyms for Famous
famed, noted, celebrated, well-known, renowned, well-known, celebrated, illustrious, renowned, distinguished, noted, eminent, conspicuous, brilliant, glorious, noble, honorable.

Antonyms for Famous
obscure, inconspicuous, unknown, humble, undistinguished, infamous, degraded, ignominious, dishonored, disgraced, shameful.

Derived terms

 * famously
 * famous last words

Related terms

 * infamous

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

Etymology
From famous, from  fameus (French: fameux).

Translations

 * Albanian: famshëm, famëmadh
 * Arabic: (mašhūr)
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:, ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: kuuluisa
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Hebrew:


 * Hungarian:
 * Interlingua: famose
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:, 高名な,
 * Norwegian: berømt
 * Polish:
 * Romanian: celebru, faimos
 * Russian:
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * West Frisian: ferneamde


 * Arabic: (mašhūr)
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Dutch: alom bekend
 * Finnish: kuuluisa


 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Russian: ,


 * : מפורסם (m'fursam)
 * : പ്രശസ്ത (praSastha)
 * : mǣre
 * : mǣre


 * : famoso, famosa
 * : ainmeil, allail
 * : slavne, slavna , slavno
 * : berömd
 * : berömd