FAMOUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does famous mean? 

• FAMOUS (adjective)
  The adjective FAMOUS has 1 sense:

1. widely known and esteemed

  Familiarity information: FAMOUS used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMOUS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Widely known and esteemed

Synonyms:

celebrated; famed; famous; far-famed; illustrious; notable; noted; renowned

Context example:

a renowned painter

Similar:

known (apprehended with certainty)

Derivation:

fame (the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed)

fame (favorable public reputation)

 Context examples 

It is not the being famous, but the process of becoming so, that counts.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

He sank his head upon his hands, while the Inspector smiled at the effect which his case had had upon the famous London specialist.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Mercury is famous for causing delays.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Lestrade chuckled with delight at having puzzled the famous expert.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Agnes was very cheerful; and laughingly predicted that I should soon become too famous to be talked to, on such subjects.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

When an actor I had, of course, learned all the secrets of making up, and had been famous in the green-room for my skill.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Al-Anani also visited a nearby site where the famous Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut is located.

(Discovery of Two Tombs Dating Back 3,500 Years Announced in Egypt, VOA)

The edges of this newly-found vortex appear to be hexagonal, precisely matching a famous and bizarre hexagonal cloud pattern we see deeper down in Saturn's atmosphere.

(Saturn's Famous Hexagon May Tower Above the Clouds, NASA)

The Mayor of Lepe gazed with amazement on the mild face and slender frame of the famous warrior.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The famous doctor strode out of our cottage in considerable ill-humour, and within five minutes Holmes had followed him.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)