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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In 1835, on his way to Texas, former congressman and famous frontiersman Crockett made a stop in Little Rock (Pulaski County), where he was wined and dined by the locals.
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arkansasonline.com, 27 Apr. 2024
In France, students at the Paris Institute of Political Studies, which counts President Emmanuel Macron among its many famous alumni, students blocked access to a campus building and classes went online as the wave of protests reached overseas.
—CBS News, 27 Apr. 2024
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arkansasonline.com, 27 Apr. 2024
In France, students at the Paris Institute of Political Studies, which counts President Emmanuel Macron among its many famous alumni, students blocked access to a campus building and classes went online as the wave of protests reached overseas.
—CBS News, 27 Apr. 2024
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“Famous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/famous. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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