famous
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
famous/ˈfeɪməs/
▶adjective
- 1 known about by many people.
- 2 informal excellent.
– derivatives
famously adverb,
famousness noun.
famously adverb,
famousness noun.
'famous' also found in these Oxford entries:
barnet
- bodyguard
- cause célèbre
- celebrity
- clerihew
- designer
- diva
- donnybrook
- fabled
- fame
- famed
- fan club
- fancy dress
- favourite
- Golconda
- historic
- household name
- impressionist
- inglorious
- jennet
- kiss
- legend
- legendary
- lion
- Lucullan
- megastar
- moment
- muckraking
- name
- name-dropping
- notability
- notable
- notorious
- pantheon
- pharos
- pin-up
- prominent
- public relations
- renown
- Roland
- Samson post
- speciality
- star
- star-struck
- star-studded
- supergroup
- superstar
- world-famous
