Celebrity

Quick meaning: Celebrity is a noun meaning (uncountable, uncommon outside high registers) Fame, renown; the state of being famous or talked-about.

Meaning

(uncountable, uncommon outside high registers) Fame, renown; the state of being famous or talked-about.

More Meanings

1. (countable) A person who has a high degree of recognition by the general population for his or her success or accomplishments; a famous person.
2. (obsolete) A rite or ceremony.

Example Sentences

Many of those that envy celebrities aspire to celebrity themselves.

I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me. I look upon notoriety with the same indifference as on the buttons on a man's shirt-front, or the crest on his note-paper.

"What do you put in your paper?" I asked, […] "Oh, news," said he, "and dull articles, and things about Celebrities. If you know any Celebrities, now?" Noël asked him what Celebrities were. "Oh, the Queen and the Princes, and people with titles, and people who write, or sing, or act—or do something clever or wicked."

Word Forms

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Synonyms for celebrity

Depending on context, synonyms include big name, distinction, fame, eminence, renown, star.

Antonyms for celebrity

Common opposites include opprobrium, infamy.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include renown, fame, renowned, famed, prominence, popularity.

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