| Main Entry: | celebrity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dignitary |
Synonyms: |
VIP, ace, big cheese, big deal, big gun, big name, big shot, big stuff, bigwig, celeb, cynosure, famous person, figure, heavyweight, hero, hotshot, immortal, lion*, luminary, magnate, mahatma, major leaguer, name, notable, personage, personality, somebody, someone, star, superstar, the cheese, worthy |
Antonyms: |
nobody |
| Main Entry: | eminent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very important; famous |
Synonyms: |
VIP, august, big-gun, big-league, big-name, big-time, celeb, celebrated, celebrious, conspicuous, distinguished, dominant, elevated, esteemed, exalted, famed, grand, great, high, high-ranking, illustrious, leonine, lionlike, lofty, name, noble, notable, noted, noteworthy, of note, outstanding, page-oner, paramount, preeminent, prestigious, prominent, redoubted, renowned, star, superior, superstar, well-known |
| Notes: | if you mean 'famous' or 'superior,' you want eminent; if you mean 'impending, about to happen' that is imminent; and if you mean 'present, inherent,' your word is immanent |
Antonyms: |
disrespected, inferior, undistinguished, unimportant, unnotable |
| Main Entry: | illustrious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | famous, prominent |
Synonyms: |
big league, brilliant, celeb, celebrated, distinguished, eminent, esteemed, exalted, famed, glorious, great, heavy, lofty, monster*, name*, noble, notable, noted, outstanding, remarkable, renowned, resplendent, signal, splendid, star, sublime, superstar, well-known |
Antonyms: |
infamous, lowly, unimportant, unknown, unremarkable |
| Main Entry: | luminary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | very important person |
Synonyms: |
VIP, big name, celeb, celebrity, dignitary, eminence, leader, lion*, name, notability, notable, personage, personality, somebody, star, superstar, worthy |
| Main Entry: | name |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | celebrity |
Synonyms: |
big name, celeb, entertainer, headliner, hero, lion*, luminary, notability, notable, personality, somebody, star, superstar |
Antonyms: |
unknown |
| Main Entry: | noted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | famous, eminent |
Synonyms: |
acclaimed, celeb, celebrated, conspicuous, distinguished, esteemed, illustrious, leading, name, notable, notorious, of note, popular, prominent, recognized, redoubted, renowned, somebody, star, well-known |
Antonyms: |
insignificant, unimportant, unknown |
| Main Entry: | personage/personality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | celebrity, notable |
Synonyms: |
VIP, big shot, bigwig, brass, celeb, chief, cynosure, dignitary, distinguished person, eminence, face*, hot shot, individual, luminary, monster*, name*, public figure, somebody, star, superstar, top dog, worthy |
Antonyms: |
lowlife |
| Main Entry: | well-known |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | familiar, famous |
Synonyms: |
VIP, WK, acclaimed, big, big name, celeb, celebrated, common, conspicuous, eminent, illustrious, important, in the limelight, in the public eye, infamous, known, large, leading, name, notable, noted, notorious, outstanding, popular, prominent, public, recognized, renowned, reputable, somebody, splashy, star, superstar, widely known |
Antonyms: |
unfamiliar, unknown |
| Main Entry: | name |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
Related
Adjectives: |
self, self, anonymous, cognominal, disquiparant, eponymous, euonymous, having no name, hight, innominate, known as, misnamed, named, nameless, ne, nee, nominal, nuncupative, nuncupatory, onymatic, onymous, orismological, polyonymous, pseudepigraphous, pseudonymous, scilicet, soi, theophoric, titular, unnamed, veritable, videlicet, what one may fairly call, what one may fitly call, what one may properly call, what one may well call, without a name, yclept
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| Concept: | [Source of light, self-luminous body] Luminary. |
| Category: | 2. Sensation; special sensation; light; ight in general |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
luminary; light; flame (fire)., spark, scintilla; phosphorescence., sun, orb of day, Phoebus, Apollo, Aurora; star, orb; meteor, falling star, shooting star; blazing star, dog star, Sirius; canicula, Aldebaran; constellation, galaxy; northern light, aurora borealis; southern lights, auroroa australis; zodiacal light; anthelion; day star, morning star; Lucifer; mock sun, parhelion; phosphor, phosphorus; sundog; Venus; polar lights., lightning; chain lightning, fork lightning, sheet lightning, summer lightning; phosphorus; ignis fatuus; Jack o'lantern, Friar's lantern; will-o'-the-wisp, firedrake, Fata Morgana., glowworm, firefly., [Artificial light] gas; gas light, lime light, electric light, neon light; lamp; lantern, lanthorn; dark lantern, bull's-eye; candle, bougie, taper, rushlight; oil (grease); wick, burner; Argand, moderator, duplex; torch, flambeau, link, brand; gaselier, chandelier, electrolier, candelabrum, girandole, sconce, luster, candlestick., firework, fireworks, fizgig; pyrotechnics; rocket, lighthouse (signal).
-verbs
-adjectives
self-luminous; phosphoric, phosphorescent; radiant (light).
-phrases
"blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels" [Longfellow]; "the sentinel stars set their watch in the sky" [Campbell]; "the planets in their station list'ning stood" [Paradise Lost]; "the Scriptures of the skies" [Bailey]; "that orbed continent, the fire that severs day from
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Antonyms: |
shade |
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