famous person (noun)
1famous person — noun a widely known person he was a baseball celebrity • Syn: ↑celebrity • Hypernyms: ↑important person, ↑influential person, ↑personage • Hyponyms: ↑ …
2person — noun ⇨ See also ↑people ADJECTIVE ▪ young ▪ elderly, old ▪ married, single ▪ gay …
3famous — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin famosus, from fama fame Date: 14th century 1. a. widely known b. honored for achievement 2. excellent, first rate < famous weather for a walk > • famousness noun …
4important person — noun a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events • Syn: ↑influential person, ↑personage • Hypernyms: ↑adult, ↑grownup • Hyponyms: ↑big shot, ↑ …
5influential person — noun a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events • Syn: ↑important person, ↑personage • Hypernyms: ↑adult, ↑grownup • Hyponyms: ↑big shot, ↑ …
6Mononymous person — Plato A mononymous person is an individual who is known and addressed by a mononym,[1] or single name . In some cases, that name has been selected by the individual, who may have originally been given a …
7Crank (person) — Crank is a pejorative term used for a person who unshakably holds a belief that most of his or her contemporaries consider to be false.[1] A cranky belief is so wildly at variance with commonly accepted belief as to be ludicrous. Cranks… …
8Fan (person) — Fanboy redirects here. For other uses, see Fanboy (disambiguation). A fan, sometimes also called aficionado or supporter, is a person with a liking and enthusiasm for something, such as a band or a sports team. Fans of a particular thing or… …
9leading light — noun a celebrity who is an inspiration to others he was host to a large gathering of luminaries • Syn: ↑luminary, ↑guiding light, ↑notable, ↑notability • Derivationally related forms: ↑notable ( …
10fan club — a club enthusiastically devoted to a movie star or other celebrity or to a sports team. [1925 30] * * * fan club noun A group united by devotion to a celebrity • • • Main Entry: ↑fan * * * fan club UK US noun [countable] [singular fan club …
