| Main Entry: | glorious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | adored, idiolized; divine |
Synonyms: |
august, beautiful, bright, brilliant, celebrated, dazzling, delightful, distinguished, effulgent, elevated, eminent, enjoyable, esteemed, exalted, excellent, famed, famous, fine, gorgeous, grand, gratifying, great, heavenly, heroic, honored, illustrious, immortal, magnificent, majestic, marvelous, memorable, noble, notable, noted, pleasurable, preeminent, radiant, remarkable, renowned, resplendent, shining, splendid, sublime, superb, time-honored, triumphant, venerable, well-known, wonderful |
Antonyms: |
atrocious, awful, bad, contemptible, disgraceful, shameful |
| Main Entry: | august |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dignified, noble |
Synonyms: |
baronial, brilliant, eminent, exalted, glorious, grand, grandiose, high-minded, high-ranking, highfalutin', honorable, imposing, impressive, lofty, lordly, magnificent, majestic, monumental, pompous, regal, resplendent, stately, superb, venerable |
Antonyms: |
undignified |
| Main Entry: | bright |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | famous, outstanding |
Synonyms: |
distinguished, eminent, glorious, illustrious, magnificent, prominent, remarkable, splendid |
Antonyms: |
normal, typical |
| Main Entry: | brilliant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | famous, outstanding |
Synonyms: |
celebrated, distinguished, eminent, excellent, exceptional, glorious, illustrious, magnificent, prominent, splendid, superb |
Antonyms: |
normal, typical |
| Main Entry: | celebrated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | distinguished, famous |
Synonyms: |
acclaimed, big*, eminent, famed, glorious, great, high-powered, illustrious, immortal, important, large, laureate, lionized, notable, number one, numero uno, outstanding, popular, preeminent, prominent, renowned, revered, storied, up there, w. k., well-known |
Antonyms: |
inexalted, inglorious, obscure, plain, unknown |
| Main Entry: | cool |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | excellent |
Synonyms: |
boss*, dandy, divine, glorious, hunky-dory, keen, marvelous, neat, nifty, sensational, swell |
Antonyms: |
poor, square, uncool, unpopular |
| Main Entry: | dandy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fine, excellent |
Synonyms: |
capital, cool*, exemplary, famous, first-class, first-rate, five-star, fly*, glorious, grand, great, groovy*, hunky-dory, keen, marvelous, model, neat, nifty, paragon, peachy*, prime, splendid, sup rior, swell, terrific |
Antonyms: |
bad, inferior, not good, second-rate, unacceptable |
| Main Entry: | distinguished |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | famous, outstanding |
Synonyms: |
acclaimed, aristocratic, arresting, big name, brilliant, celebrated, conspicuous, dignified, distingué, eminent, especial, esteemed, extraordinary, famed, foremost, glorious, great, highly regarded, honored, illustrious, imposing, marked, memorable, name, noble, nonpareil, notable, noted, noteworthy, peerless, prominent, remarkable, renowned, reputable, royal, salient, shining, signal, singular, special, stately, striking, superior, talked of, unforgettable, venerable, well-known |
Antonyms: |
common, insignificant, ordinary, standard, unextraordinary, unknown |
| Main Entry: | divine |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | godlike, perfect |
Synonyms: |
all-powerful, almighty, ambrosial, angelic, anointed, beatific, beautiful, blissful, celestial, consecrated, deific, deistic, eternal, exalted, excellent, glorious, godly, hallowed, heavenly, holy, immaculate, magnificent, marvelous, mystical, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, rapturous, religious, sacramental, sacred, sacrosanct, sanctified, spiritual, splendid, superhuman, superlative, supernatural, supreme, theistic, transcendent, transcendental, transmundane, unearthly, wonderful |
| Main Entry: | famous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | legendary, notable to many |
Synonyms: |
acclaimed, applauded, august, brilliant, celebrated, conspicuous, distinguished, elevated, eminent, exalted, excellent, extraordinary, foremost, glorious, grand, great, honored, illustrious, important, imposing, in limelight, in spotlight, influential, leading, lionized, memorable, mighty, much-publicized, noble, noted, noteworthy, notorious, of note, outstanding, peerless, powerful, preeminent, prominent, recognized, remarkable, renowned, reputable, signal, splendid, talked about, well-known |
| Notes: | famous means widely known, renowned, and esteemed while infamous means having an exceedingly bad reputation, notorious |
Antonyms: |
inconspicuous, obscure, unknown, unnotable, unremarkable |