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Synonyms for celebrities
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : suh-leb-ri-tee |
| Phonetic Transcription : səˈlɛb rɪ ti |
Top 10 synonyms for celebrities Other synonyms for the word celebrities
- ace
- big cheese
- big deal
- big gun
- big name
- big shot
- big stuff
- bigwig
- celeb
- cynosure
- distinction
- éclat
- eminence
- famous person
- glory
- heavyweight
- honor
- hotshot
- immortal
- lion
- magnate
- mahatma
- major leaguer
- name
- notability
- notable
- preeminence
- prestige
- prominence
- renown
- reputation
- repute
- somebody
- the cheese
- VIP
- worthy
Définition of celebrities
Origin :- late 14c., "solemn rite or ceremony," from Old French celebrité "celebration" or directly from Latin celibritatem (nominative celebritas) "multitude, fame," from celeber "frequented, populous" (see celebrate). Meaning "condition of being famous" is from c.1600; that of "famous person" is from 1849.
- When the old gods withdraw, the empty thrones cry out for a successor, and with good management, or even without management, almost any perishable bag of bones may be hoisted into the vacant seat. [E.R. Dodds, "The Greeks and the Irrational"]
- noun dignitary
- noun fame, notoriety
- He told me the names of the celebrities represented by these busts.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- The English aristocracy and the celebrities of London came to the inauguration.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- Let us go up into that gallery, where you shall point out to me the celebrities.
- Extract from : « Jennie Baxter, Journalist » by Robert Barr
- But to be one of the world's celebrities, that is so different!
- Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
- I gradually came to know all the celebrities of the town, and be myself known by them.
- Extract from : « Sir Jasper Carew » by Charles James Lever
- “All celebrities, my lad,” remarked Fitzgerald Delaven as he looked around.
- Extract from : « The Bondwoman » by Marah Ellis Ryan
- So there was both surprise and envy in Lady Caroline's tone; she had a weakness for celebrities.
- Extract from : « We Two » by Edna Lyall
- One of the celebrities of the day treated so by that Bohemian!
- Extract from : « The Nabob, Volume 1 (of 2) » by Alphonse Daudet
- It was part of his job to be able to spot the celebrities and near celebrities.
- Extract from : « Mercenary » by Dallas McCord Reynolds
- After that I was showing the General and other celebrities round the trenches.
- Extract from : « Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie » by George Brenton Laurie
Antonyms for celebrities
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