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| Main Entry: | renown |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fame |
| Synonyms: | éclat, acclaim, celebrity, distinction, eminence, glory, honor, kudos, luster, mark, note, notoriety, prestige, prominence, reputation, stardom, illustriousness, preeminence, prominency, rep, repute |
| Antonyms: | obscurity, unimportance, anonymity |
| Main Entry: | dignity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | excellence, nobility |
| Synonyms: | address, cachet, character, consequence, culture, decency, decorum, distinction, elevation, eminence, ethics, etiquette, glory, grace, grandeur, gravity, greatness, hauteur, honor, importance, majesty, merit, morality, perfection, poise, prestige, propriety, quality, rank, regard, renown, respectability, self-respect, significance, solemnity, splendor, standing, state, station, stature, status, virtue, worth, courtliness, loftiness, nobleness, seemliness, stateliness, sublimity, worthiness |
| Antonyms: | lowliness |
| 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: | 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: | limelight |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | public attention |
| Synonyms: | eminence, exposure, glare, hype*, photo opportunity, prominence, public eye, renown, spotlight, fifteen minutes of fame, focus of attention, media attention, public interest, public notice, public recognition |
| Antonyms: | obscurity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | prestige |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fame, influence |
| Synonyms: | éclat*, authority, cachet, celebrity, consequence, control, credit, dignity, distinction, eminence, esteem, importance, kudos*, position, power, prominence, rank, regard, renown, reputation, standing, state, stature, status, sway, weight, illustriousness, preeminence, prominency, repute |
| Antonyms: | humility, lowliness |
* = 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: | splendor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | radiance, glory |
| Synonyms: | brightness, ceremony, dazzle, display, effulgence, grandeur, luster, magnificence, majesty, pageant, pomp, renown, richness, show, solemnity, spectacle, brilliance, gorgeousness, refulgence, resplendence, stateliness, sumptuousness |
| Antonyms: | dullness, insignificance, poorness, ordinariness |
| Main Entry: | stardom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fame |
| Synonyms: | éclat, acclaim, celebrity, distinction, eminence, esteem, glory, greatness, honor, immortality, nobility, notoriety, popularity, prestige, prominence, recognition, renown, standing, illustriousness, preeminence, public esteem |
| Main Entry: | status |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rank |
| Synonyms: | cachet, caliber, capacity, character, condition, consequence, degree, dignity, distinction, eminence, footing, grade, merit, mode, place, position, prestige, prominence, quality, rating, renown, situation, stage, standing, state, station, stature, worth |
| Main Entry: | eminence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | importance, fame |
| Synonyms: | authority, celebrity, credit, dignity, distinction, esteem, glory, greatness, honor, influence, kudos, note, power, prestige, prominence, rank, renown, reputation, significance, standing, superiority, weight, famousness, illustriousness, loftiness, notability, preeminence, prepotency, prominency, repute |
| Antonyms: | inferiority, unimportance |
| Main Entry: | glory |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fame, importance |
| Synonyms: | celebrity, dignity, distinction, eminence, exaltation, grandeur, greatness, honor, immortality, kudos, magnificence, majesty, nobility, praise, prestige, renown, reputation, splendor, triumph, illustriousness, sublimity |
| Antonyms: | unimportance, unknown |
| 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: | celebrity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fame, notoriety |
| Synonyms: | éclat, distinction, eminence, glory, honor, popularity, prestige, prominence, renown, reputation, stardom, notability, preeminence, repute |
| Antonyms: | obscurity |
| 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 |
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