| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A famous person: celebrity, hero, lion, luminary, name, personage, personality. Informal : big name. See KNOWLEDGE. 2. An important, influential person: character, dignitary, eminence, leader, lion, nabob, notability, personage. Informal : big-timer, heavyweight, somebody, someone, VIP. Slang : big shot, big wheel, bigwig, muckamuck. See IMPORTANT. | | ADJECTIVE: | Widely known and esteemed: celebrated, distinguished, eminent, famed, famous, great, illustrious, noted, preeminent, prestigious, prominent, redoubtable, renowned. See KNOWLEDGE, RESPECT.
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