Celebrity
[sɪ'lebrɪtɪ] or [sə'lɛbrəti]
Definition
(noun.) a widely known person; 'he was a baseball celebrity'.
Checker: Nathan--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Celebration; solemnization.
(n.) The state or condition of being celebrated; fame; renown; as, the celebrity of Washington.
(n.) A person of distinction or renown; -- usually in the plural; as, he is one of the celebrities of the place.
Editor: Rochelle
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Fame, renown, glory, honor, credit, reputation, eminence, distinction, repute.
Checker: Maisie
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Fame, honor, glory, star, reputation, distinction, renown, notability,eminence, notoriety
ANT:Obscurity, meanness, ingloriousness, ignominy, disgrace, contempt, cipher,nobody
Typist: Miguel
Examples
- He rejoices daily in the fact that he is a recognized celebrity. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The Drummer Boy of the Potomac deserted, and lo, we had never a celebrity left! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Without doubt he would leave Middlemarch, go to town, and make himself fit for celebrity by eating his dinners. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- In our modern system of civilisation, celebrity (no matter of what kind) is the lever that will move anything. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Oh, in the old days I was rather a celebrity in the islands,—a kind of insular Lord Byron,—and of course had my followers. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Celebrities of all kinds and distinguished foreigners are numerous--princes, noblemen, ambassadors, artists, litterateurs, scientists, financiers, women. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Insufferable to him were all notorieties and celebrities: where he could not outshine, he fled. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- She took them with her one night to a select symposium, held in honor of several celebrities. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Here, on the left hand, there stands a shop window filled with photographs of the celebrities and beauties of the day. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Edison naturally met many of the celebrities of France: I visited the Eiffel Tower at the invitation of Eiffel. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Thus the congregation on Christmas morning is mostly a Tussaud collection of celebrities who have been born in the neighbourhood. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- There were the lion-hunters and celebrities, of whom Sarah Bernhardt may serve as a type. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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