fame
fame is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.2. Report or opinion generally diffused; renown; public estimation; celebrity, either favorable or unfavorable; as, the fame of Washington. I find thou art no less than fame hath bruited. Shak.
- 2.To report widely or honorably. The field where thou art famed To have wrought such wonders. Milton.
- 3.To make famous or renowned. Those Hesperian gardens famed of old. Milton.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- and
- background
- bashful
- bashfulness
- beat
- blush
- blushing
- bushel
- candle
- cast
- ceremony
- constrained
- constraint
- countenance
- coy
- demure
- demureness
- diffidence
- diffident
- disposition
- distance
- draw
- drum
- eye
- face
- find
- give
- good
- hide
- humble
- humbly
- humility
- keep
- light
- merit
- modest
- modesty
- nervous
- noiseless
- not
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is fame.
- What is 2. Report or opinion generally diffused; renown; public estimation; celebrity, either favorable or unfavorable; as, the fame of Washington. I find thou art no less than fame hath bruited. Shak called?
- What is to report widely or honorably. The field where thou art famed To have wrought such wonders. Milton called?
- What is to make famous or renowned. Those Hesperian gardens famed of old. Milton called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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