1
a
: widely known
a restaurant famous for its French cuisine
b
: honored for achievement
a famous explorer
2
: excellent, first-rate
famous weather for a walk
famousness
noun
Synonyms
Examples of famous in a Sentence
a book about some of the most famous people of the last century
the review gushed that the restaurant offered some truly famous Southern-style cooking
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One of the most famous of wakes came from the Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 crashing into Jupiter in 1994.
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Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 May 2024
Perhaps the two most famous actors of their generation, Monroe and Marlon Brando were rumored to have briefly dated in 1955, after her divorce from DiMaggio and before her relationship with Miller.
—Mike Miller, Peoplemag, 21 May 2024
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Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 May 2024
Perhaps the two most famous actors of their generation, Monroe and Marlon Brando were rumored to have briefly dated in 1955, after her divorce from DiMaggio and before her relationship with Miller.
—Mike Miller, Peoplemag, 21 May 2024
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“Famous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/famous. Accessed 3 Jun. 2024.
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