| 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: | celebrity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fame, notoriety |
Synonyms: |
distinction, eminence, glory, honor, notability, popularity, preeminence, prestige, prominence, renown, reputation, repute, stardom, éclat |
Antonyms: |
obscurity |
| Main Entry: | big shot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | very important person |
Synonyms: |
VIP, big cat, big cheese, big cheese, big fish, big gun, big gun, big man on campus, big wheel, big wheel, bigwig, bigwig, celebrity, dignitary, fat cat, head honcho, heavy-hitter, heavy-hitter, heavyweight, high man on the totem pole, high-muck-a-muck, important person, influential person, mogul, nabob, notable, personage, somebody |
| Main Entry: | dignitary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | high ranking person |
Synonyms: |
VIP, big gun, big kahuna, bigshot, bigwig, celebrity, luminary, official, person of influence, star, top cat |
| Main Entry: | distinction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prominence; achievement |
Synonyms: |
accolade, account, award, badge, bays, celebrity, consequence, credit, decoration, eminence, excellence, fame, flair, greatness, illustriousness, importance, kudos, laurels, manner, merit, name, note, perfection, preeminence, prestige, quality, rank, renown, reputation, repute, style, superiority, worth |
Antonyms: |
insignificance, lowliness, mediocrity, unimportance |
| Main Entry: | elite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | high-class persons |
Synonyms: |
aristocracy, beautiful people, best, blue blood, carriage trade, celebrity, choice, country club set, cream, crowd, crème de la crème, elect, establishment, fast lane, fat*, flower, gentility, gentry, glitterati, high society, in-crowd, jet-set, main line, nobility, old money, optimacy, pride, prime, prize, quality, select, society, top, upper class, upper crust |
Antonyms: |
commonality, low-life, lower class, ordinary |
| Main Entry: | eminence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | importance, fame |
Synonyms: |
authority, celebrity, credit, dignity, distinction, esteem, famousness, glory, greatness, honor, illustriousness, influence, kudos, loftiness, notability, note, power, preeminence, prepotency, prestige, prominence, prominency, rank, renown, reputation, repute, significance, standing, superiority, weight |
Antonyms: |
inferiority, unimportance |
| Main Entry: | figure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | famous person |
Synonyms: |
celebrity, character, dignitary, force, leader, notability, notable, personage, personality, presence, somebody, worthy |
Antonyms: |
commoner |
| Main Entry: | glory |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fame, importance |
Synonyms: |
celebrity, dignity, distinction, eminence, exaltation, grandeur, greatness, honor, illustriousness, immortality, kudos, magnificence, majesty, nobility, praise, prestige, renown, reputation, splendor, sublimity, triumph |
Antonyms: |
unimportance, unknown |
| Main Entry: | grandeur |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | great importance |
Synonyms: |
amplitude, augustness, beauty, breadth, brilliance, celebrity, circumstance, dignity, distinction, elevation, eminence, expansiveness, fame, fineness, glory, grandiosity, gravity, greatness, handsomeness, immensity, impressiveness, inclusiveness, loftiness, luxuriousness, magnificence, majesty, might, nobility, opulence, pomp, preeminence, richness, splendor, state, stateliness, sublimity, sumptuousness, superbity, sway, transcendency, vastness |
Antonyms: |
insignificance, unimportance |