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| Main Entry: | fame |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | celebrity |
| Synonyms: | éclat, acclaim, acclamation, account, acknowledgment, character, credit, dignity, distinction, elevation, eminence, esteem, estimation, exaltation, favor, glory, greatness, heyday, honor, immortality, kudos, laurels, luster, majesty, name, nobility, note, notoriety, place, popularity, position, prominence, rank, recognition, regard, renown, report, reputation, splendor, standing, stardom, station, superiority, illustriousness, preeminence, public esteem, rep, repute |
| Main Entry: | grandeur |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | great importance |
| Synonyms: | beauty, breadth, celebrity, circumstance, dignity, distinction, elevation, eminence, fame, glory, gravity, greatness, immensity, magnificence, majesty, might, nobility, opulence, pomp, richness, splendor, state, sway, transcendency, vastness, amplitude, augustness, brilliance, expansiveness, fineness, grandiosity, handsomeness, impressiveness, inclusiveness, loftiness, luxuriousness, preeminence, stateliness, sublimity, sumptuousness, superbity |
| Antonyms: | insignificance, unimportance |
| Main Entry: | influence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | power, authority |
| Synonyms: | access, agency, ascendancy, character, clout, command, consequence, control, credit, direction, domination, dominion, drag, effect, esteem, fame, fix, force, grease*, guidance, hold, impact, importance, imprint, juice*, leadership, leverage, magnetism, mark, moment, money, monopoly, network, notoriety, predominance, prerogative, pressure, prestige, prominence, pull, repercussion, reputation, rule, significance, spell, supremacy, sway, weight*, connections, in, ropes |
| Antonyms: | impotence, incapacity, inferiority, weakness, powerlessness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | kudos |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | praise, acclaim |
| Synonyms: | applause, credit, distinction, eminence, esteem, fame, flattery, glory, honor, pat on the back, plaudits, plum*, prestige, prominence, puff*, regard, renown, PR, illustriousness, laudation, notability, preeminence, pumping up, raves, repute, strokes |
| Antonyms: | blame, criticism |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | laurels |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | credit, praise |
| Synonyms: | acclaim, accolade, award, badge, blue ribbon, commendation, crown, decoration, distinction, fame, glory, gold, kudos, prestige, recognition, renown, reward, bays, feather in cap, gold star |
| Antonyms: | criticism |
| Main Entry: | notoriety |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reputation |
| Synonyms: | éclat*, ballyhoo*, celebrity, center stage, dishonor, disrepute, fame, flak*, infamy, name*, obloquy, opprobrium, renown, scandal, splash*, spotlight*, wise*, ink, rep |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | popularity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | recognition, celebrity |
| Synonyms: | acceptance, acclaim, adoration, approval, currency, demand, esteem, fame, fashion, favor, following, heyday, prevalence, regard, renown, reputation, vogue, fashionableness, idolization, lionization, repute, universality |
| Antonyms: | dislike, unpopularity |
| Main Entry: | publicity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | promotion of something, someone |
| Synonyms: | advertising, announcement, attention, ballyhoo*, blurb*, boost*, broadcasting, clout*, commercial, currency, distribution, fame, handout, hoopla*, hype*, limelight*, noise*, notoriety, pitch, plug*, press, propaganda, public relations, puff*, puffery*, pushing, release, report, scratch*, spotlight*, spread, write-up, PR, announcing, big noise, billing, build-up, ink, press-agentry, promo, promulgation, public notice, réclame |
| Antonyms: | secret |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | reputation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commonly held opinion of person's character |
| Synonyms: | éclat, account, approval, authority, character, credit, distinction, eminence, esteem, estimation, fame, favor, honor, influence, mark*, name*, notoriety, opinion, position, prestige, privilege, prominence, rank, regard, reliability, renown, report, respectability, standing, stature, weight, acceptability, dependability, rep, repute, trustworthiness |
| Notes: | character is what one is; reputation is what one is thought to be by others |
| Antonyms: | notoriety, disreputableness, ill repute |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rumor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | talk about supposed truth |
| Synonyms: | breeze*, canard, comment, cry, dispatch, fabrication, falsehood, fame, fiction, gossip, grapevine*, hearsay, hoax, innuendo, intelligence, invention, lie, news, notoriety, report, rumble, scandal, scuttlebutt*, story, suggestion, supposition, tale, tattle, tidings, whisper, wire*, word, back-fence talk, bruit, earful, repute |
| Antonyms: | truth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | spotlight |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attention; bright beam of light |
| Synonyms: | center stage, fame, interest, light, limelight, notoriety, public eye, publicity, flashlight, floodlight, public attention |
| Antonyms: | obscurity |
| Main Entry: | success |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | favorable outcome |
| Synonyms: | éclat, Easy Street*, accomplishment, achievement, advance, arrival, ascendancy, attainment, bed of roses*, benefit, boom*, consummation, eminence, fame, flying colors*, fortune, fruition, gain, good luck*, gravy train*, happiness, hit, killing, profit, progress, prosperity, realization, reward, savvy, sensation, snap, strike, triumph, victory, walkaway*, win, big hit, clover, do well, good times, grand slam, happy days, lap of luxury, laugher, maturation, successfulness, walkover |
| Antonyms: | failure, loss |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | center stage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | focus of interest |
| Synonyms: | attention, celebrity, fame, limelight, notoriety, public eye, spotlight |
| Main Entry: | credit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | recognition; trust |
| Synonyms: | Brownie points*, acclaim, acknowledgment, approval, attention, belief, commendation, confidence, credence, distinction, faith, fame, glory, honor, kudos*, merit, notice, pat on the back, praise, reliance, thanks, tribute, points, strokes |
| Antonyms: | disapproval, disbelief, disclaimer, discredit, dishonor, disregard, disrespect, disacknowledgement |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | honor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | respect |
| Synonyms: | account, adoration, adulation, apotheosis, approbation, attention, celebration, confidence, consideration, credit, deference, dignity, distinction, elevation, esteem, exaltation, faith, fame, fealty, glorification, glory, greatness, homage, laud, notice, obeisance, popularity, praise, prestige, rank, recognition, renown, reputation, reverence, tribute, trust, veneration, worship, wreath, aggrandizement, canonization, deification, high standing, immortalization, laurel, lionization, repute |
| Antonyms: | debasement, degradation, denunciation, derision, disgrace, dishonor, disrespect, humiliation |
| Main Entry: | character |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | integrity |
| Synonyms: | courage, fame, honor, intelligence, mind, name, place, position, rank, rectitude, report, reputation, standing, station, status, uprightness, rep, repute |
| Main Entry: | consequence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | importance, significance |
| Synonyms: | account, concern, exigency, fame, honor, import, interest, magnitude, moment, need, note, pith, portent, renown, reputation, value, weight, momentousness, repute, signification, weightiness |
| Antonyms: | insignificance, unimportance, worthlessness |
| Main Entry: | credit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reputation, status |
| Synonyms: | authority, character, clout, esteem, estimation, fame, influence, position, prestige, regard, renown, standing, weight, good name, repute |
| Antonyms: | discredit, disrespect, ill repute |
| Main Entry: | distinction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prominence; achievement |
| Synonyms: | accolade, account, award, badge, celebrity, consequence, credit, decoration, eminence, excellence, fame, flair, greatness, importance, kudos, laurels, manner, merit, name, note, perfection, prestige, quality, rank, renown, reputation, style, superiority, worth, bays, illustriousness, preeminence, repute |
| Antonyms: | insignificance, mediocrity, unimportance, lowliness |
| Main Entry: | greatness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nobleness of character; eminence |
| Synonyms: | celebrity, chivalry, dignity, distinction, fame, generosity, glory, grandeur, heroism, importance, magnanimity, majesty, merit, morality, nobility, note, prominence, renown, high-mindedness, idealism, illustriousness, loftiness, stateliness, sublimity, worthiness |
| Antonyms: | insignificance, unimportance |
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