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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. widely known and esteemed;
- Example: "a famous actor"
- Example: "a celebrated musician"
- Example: "a famed scientist"
- Example: "an illustrious judge"
- Example: "a notable historian"
- Example: "a renowned painter"
[syn: celebrated, famed, far-famed, famous, illustrious, notable, noted, renowned]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Renowned \Re*nowned"\ (r?-nound"), a.
   Famous; celebrated for great achievements, for distinguished
   qualities, or for grandeur; eminent; as, a renowned king.
   "Some renowned metropolis with glistering spires." --Milton.
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         These were the renowned of the congregation. --Num. i.
                                                  61.
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   Syn: Famous; famed; distinguished; noted; eminent;
        celebrated; remarkable; wonderful. See Famous.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

renowned
    adj 1: widely known and esteemed; "a famous actor"; "a
           celebrated musician"; "a famed scientist"; "an
           illustrious judge"; "a notable historian"; "a renowned
           painter" [syn: celebrated, famed, far-famed,
           famous, illustrious, notable, noted, renowned]