famousness

noun

Definition of famousnessnext
as in fame

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  1. fame
  2. reputation
  3. renown
  4. celebrity
  5. repute
  6. kudos
  7. eminence
  8. glory
Noun
  • Born in another century, Winter could’ve found fame as a pratfall comic, Buster Keaton with floppier hair.
    — Walden Green, Pitchfork, 9 Oct. 2026
  • This summer, Estate Yountville will debut Clementine, a culinary experience led by Executive Chef Rebecca Weitzman of Flora Farms fame.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of fame
Noun
  • Mercury in your 5th House quincunxes Saturn in your 10th, bringing play, romance, or self-expression up against responsibilities, reputation, or outside expectations.
    — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Despite its tranquil reputation, knitting is anything but boring.
    — Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of reputation
Noun
  • Sporting black turtlenecks a la Steve Jobs, Holmes first gained renown and then infamy as the tech was unmasked as fraudulent by the Wall Street Journal and a subsequent federal investigation.
    — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Baldwin Lee came to photographic renown pretty late in life, mostly for his in-close-and-intense pictures of small-town Black Southerners made in the 1980s and collected in an epic monograph in 2022.
    — Baldwin Lee, Curbed, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of renown
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  • Florence Pugh, Mariska Hargitay, Hudson Williams, Josh Gad and more celebrities have used their platforms to condemn the case in recent weeks.
    — Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Embassies, banks, and big-name retailers share the neighborhood with this member of The Leading Hotels of the World, whose guest list includes big celebrities and diplomats.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of celebrity
Noun
  • And the ecological values of roadless areas are beyond repute.
    — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Petviashvili’s repute has grown steadily since her early debut.
    — The Editors of ARTnews, ARTnews.com, 28 July 2026
Definition of repute
Noun
  • Yet Biden gets kudos for drawing down 180 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve when gasoline prices were topping out at a record $5 a gallon in June, Faucher says.
    — Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Greenwald, who was introduced with Bronx flair by Cardi B, also brought an aw-shucks attitude in accepting the kudos.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 5 Feb. 2023
Definition of kudos
Noun
  • But of the leaders of those three mega-bands, perhaps the most mysterious remains Pete Townshend, The Who’s songwriter and enigmatic eminence, thrashing chords and smashing guitars while Roger Daltrey handled lead vocals.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2026
  • For Ne’ilah, the eminence of humanity consists in the ability to repent and set things right before man and God.
    — Reuven Kimelman, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of eminence
Noun
  • There was Sinners, Coogler’s vampire movie that delivered $370 million in ticket sales and Academy Awards glory.
    — Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026
  • But there will be no return to the glory days of the mid-20th century, when almost half of Americans routinely attended a church, synagogue or mosque, the same study concluded.
    — John Blake, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of glory
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