renownformal

Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

fame
fameHis daring fashions brought him fame in the 1950s.
celebrityThose who court celebrity must be prepared to pay the price.
stardomHe achieved stardom late in life.
superstardomThe band rose to superstardom in the 1990s.
renownShe is a violinist of international renown.
The group had a meteoric rise to fame in the 70s.这支乐队在20世纪70年代迅速成名。
She seems unfazed by her sudden success and fame.她看上去对自己的一夜成名处之泰然。
The film tells anew the story of his rise to fame and power.这部电影重现了他成名掌权的发迹史。
Her rise to fame was quite phenomenal - in less than two years she was a household name.她的成名真是奇迹——不到两年的时间，她的大名已家喻户晓了。
She has spent her life running after fame and fortune.她一辈子都在追逐名利。

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Fame and famous
A-list
A-lister
acclaimed
annal
anyone
catapult
go down in the annalsidiom
high-profile
hit the headlinesidiom
household word
illustrious
legend
name
notoriety
notorious
notoriously
overexposed
world-famous
world-renowned
Z-list

fame | American Dictionary

fame
noun[ U ]
us/feɪm/
the state of being known for having or doing something important:
She came to the city seeking fortune and fame.

Examples of fame

fame
This ordinariness, which stands in direct conflict with their actual fame, serves both to diffuse fame's negative connotations and promote its accessibility to the audience.
Florence's identity and fame rested upon its place as the showpiece of the grand dukes' patronage, taste, and power.
A sojourn in the colonies could, in fact, be a means of acquiring fame and wealth.
It was here that he devised and performed the operations which have earned him his fame.
But they miss how fame can help consumers overcome a particular type of ignorance, namely, uncertainty about the content of a news product.
No other composer has seen his home town capitalize on his posthumous fame in such a shameless manner.
His fame, he says, is spreading 'fast' by way of word of mouth.
The distorting effect of 15 minutes of fame outweighs all other considerations.
Political liberalism's 'claim to fame' is that it avowedly makes minimal demands on individual citizens, especially in the private arena of personal commitments.
It also had worldwide fame, though nothing of local authorship appeared in it.
Promising to return after one year, he sets out on a journey during which he gains fame and glory in numerous tournaments.
Publication, indeed, often proved the shibboleth revelatory of the attitude toward both secular studies and fame.
Their only resources with which to do battle in a hostile world are their fame, reputation, and power to attract an audience.
The gloomy solemnity of the exterior and interior gave the impression more of a mausoleum than a hall of fame.
Last but not least, this mode of argument is tied to a fame quotient and to periodicity.
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