famous A1 Topic:People & Society US /ˈfeɪ.məs/ See IPA manual Freq #1339 Meanings 1 adj Known about by very many people. She is a famous actor. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · known about by very many... celebratedwell-known More baitfabledfamedfamousediconicirreconditeknownlegendarymerenotablenotednoteworthy ↔ Opposites normalunfamousunknown Word family Forms famously Derived forms cosfamouse-famousfamousishfamouslyfamousnessinfamousinfamouslyinfamousnessinstafamousmegafamousmicrofamousnonfamous Related forms big-namecelebrityfamefame-ishglorymegastarpersonagepraisestarvip Common collocations famous person Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From Middle English famous, from Anglo-Norman famous, from Latin fāmōsus, equivalent to fame + -ous. Displaced native Old English hlīsful. famous Middle English fāmōsus Latin View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # famous **Type:** Word **Level:** A1 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈfeɪ.məs/ **Frequency rank:** 1339 ## Meanings 1. Known about by very many people. ## Examples - She is a famous actor. ## Synonyms - bait - fabled - famed - famoused - iconic - irrecondite - known - legendary - mere - notable - noted - noteworthy ## Antonyms - normal - unfamous - unknown ## Derived Forms - cosfamous - e-famous - famousish - famously - famousness - infamous - infamously - infamousness - instafamous - megafamous - microfamous - nonfamous ## Related Forms - big-name - celebrity - fame - fame-ish - glory - megastar - personage - praise - star - vip ## Roots and Affixes - Root: famous - Root: fāmōsus - Affix: -ous - full of ## Etymology From Middle English famous, from Anglo-Norman famous, from Latin fāmōsus, equivalent to fame + -ous. Displaced native Old English hlīsful. ## AI Etymology Famous comes from Middle English famous, from Anglo-Norman famous, from Latin fāmōsus, equivalent to fame + -ous. Displaced native Old English hlīsful. In current use, the main sense is “Known about by very many people”. ## Topics - People & Society markdown