famed, famous, notorious

famed, famous, notorious
The first two of these words have about the same meaning: "celebrated," "acclaimed," "renowned." Each, however, is overused in an exaggerated sense of "well-known." Notorious has a meaning of "infamous," "known widely and unfavorably." George Washington was famed and famous; Benedict Arnold was notorious.

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  • notorious — See famed. See famed, famous, notorious …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • famed — See famed, famous, notorious …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • famous — See famed, famous, notorious …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • notorious — no·to·ri·ous /nō tōr ē əs/ adj: generally known and talked of adverse possession created by open, continuous, notorious, and adverse use Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. notorious …   Law dictionary

  • famous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. noted, famed, renowned, celebrated, well known. See repute. Ant., unknown. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. renowned, celebrated, well known, noted, notorious, distinguished, eminent, illustrious, famed …   English dictionary for students

  • notorious — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. ill famed, infamous, disreputable, famous; see famous , wicked 1 , 2 . See Synonym Study at famous . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [no TOR ee us] infamous, known for something bad. The notorious… …   English dictionary for students

  • famous — I adjective acclaimed, applauded, celeber, celebrated, celebrated in public, conspicuous, distinguished, elevated, eminent, esteemed, exalted, fabled, famed, foremost, glorified, glorious, held in high esteem, highly reputed, holding public… …   Law dictionary

  • famed — index famous, illustrious, notable, notorious, outstanding (prominent), renowned, reputable Burton s …   Law dictionary

  • famous — famously, adv. famousness, n. /fay meuhs/, adj. 1. having a widespread reputation, usually of a favorable nature; renowned; celebrated: a famous writer. 2. Informal. first rate; excellent: The singer gave a famous performance. 3. notorious (used… …   Universalium

  • famous — Synonyms and related words: acclaimed, advantageous, august, auspicious, beneficial, benevolent, bon, bonny, braw, bueno, capital, celebrated, cogent, commendable, conspicuous, dandy, distinguished, elegant, elevated, eminent, estimable, exalted …   Moby Thesaurus

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