Fame

Quick meaning: Fame is a noun meaning (now rare) Something said or reported; gossip, rumour.

Meaning

(now rare) Something said or reported; gossip, rumour.

More Meanings

1. One's reputation.
2. The state of being famous or well-known and spoken of, especially for something positive.
3. (transitive) to make (someone or something) famous

Example Sentences

I find thou art no less than fame hath bruited.

There went a fame in Heav'n that he ere long / Intended to create, and therein plant / A generation, whom his choice regard / Should favour […].

I was about to say that I had known the Celebrity from the time he wore kilts. But I see I will have to amend that, because he was not a celebrity then, nor, indeed, did he achieve fame until some time after I left New York for the West.

If the accused could produce a specified number of honest neighbours to swear publicly that the suspicion was unfounded, and if no one else came forward to contradict them convincingly, the charge was dropped: otherwise the common fame was held to be true.

Word Forms

• fames
• faming
• famed

Synonyms for fame

Depending on context, synonyms include famousness, renown, celebrity.

Antonyms for fame

Common opposites include obscurity, unknownness, opprobrium, infamy.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include renown, celebrity, thrill, notoriety, immorality, debauchery.

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