Synonyms for fame
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : feym |
| Phonetic Transcription : feɪm |
Top 10 synonyms for fame Other synonyms for the word fame
- acclamation
- account
- acknowledgment
- credit
- distinction
- éclat
- elevation
- eminence
- esteem
- estimation
- exaltation
- favor
- heyday
- illustriousness
- kudos
- laurels
- luster
- majesty
- name
- nobility
- note
- place
- position
- preeminence
- public esteem
- rank
- recognition
- regard
- renown
- rep
- report
- reputation
- repute
- splendor
- standing
- stardom
- station
- superiority
Définition of fame
Origin :- early 13c., "character attributed to someone;" late 13c., "celebrity, renown," from Old French fame "fame, reputation, renown, rumor," from Latin fama "talk, rumor, report, reputation," from PIE root *bha- (2) "to speak, tell, say" (cf. Sanskrit bhanati "speaks;" Latin fari "to say," fabula "narrative, account, tale, story;" Armenian ban, bay "word, term;" Old Church Slavonic bajati "to talk, tell;" Old English boian "to boast," ben "prayer, request;" Greek pheme "talk," phone "voice, sound," phanai "to speak;" Old Irish bann "law").
- The goddess Fama was the personification of rumor in Roman mythology. The Latin derivative fabulare was the colloquial word for "speak, talk" since the time of Plautus, whence Spanish hablar.
- I've always been afraid I was going to tap the world on the shoulder for 20 years, and when it finally turned around I was going to forget what I had to say. [Tom Waits, "Playboy" magazine interview, March, 1988]
- noun celebrity
- "I am satisfied with the pursuit of wisdom, not with the fame of it," replied the sage.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- The fame of the Nile valley must have spread at an early date.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- He has made a speech, and dedicated it to German fame for ever.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- Your squires are doubtless worthy the fame of their masters.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- But to have been Caesar's mistress was Cleopatra's chief title to fame.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- He had at hand a surer ladder to fame than the mummer's art.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- It is not fair to me, because I haf hungered for fame as you for beauty.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- Some had evidently come from afar, for the fame of the revivalist was widespread.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- But to be t'e first is fame and all t'e ot'er t'ings I promise you.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- As for fame, it is but little matter whether we acquire it or not.
- Extract from : « Biographical Stories » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Antonyms for fame
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