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Princeton's WordNet

  1. celebrated, famed, far-famed, famous, illustrious, notable, noted, renownedadjective

    widely known and esteemed

    "a famous actor"; "a celebrated musician"; "a famed scientist"; "an illustrious judge"; "a notable historian"; "a renowned painter"

Wiktionary

  1. famedadjective

    having fame; famous or noted

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Famedadjective

    Renowned; celebrated; much talked of.

    Etymology: from fame.

    He is fam’d for mildness, peace and prayer. William Shakespeare, H. VI.

    He purposes to seek the Clarian god,
    Avoiding Delphos, his more fam’d abode,
    Since Phlegyan robbers made unsafe the road. Dryden.

    Aristides was an Athenian philosopher, famed for his learning and wisdom; but converted to Christianity. Addison.

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  1. famed

    Famed refers to being widely known or recognized for something; renowned or celebrated.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Famed

    of Fame

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of famed in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of famed in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of famed in a Sentence

  1. John Dryden:

    We find few historians who have been diligent enough in their search for truth; it is their common method to take on trust what they help distribute to the public; by which means a falsehood once received from a famed writer becomes traditional to posterity.

  2. Foreign Secretary Harsh Shringla:

    From the moment of their arrival at the airport a little before noon on 24th February, the delegates will be treated to a display of famed Indian hospitality and India's Unity in Diversity.

  3. Washington Tapia:

    SOLAR STORMS MIGHT BE CAUSING GRAY WHALES TO GET LOST The famed Galapagos Conservancyas giant tortoise named Diego fathered 40 percent of all tortoises on Espanola Island in Galapagos Conservancyas. ( San Diego Zoo) The 175-pound Diego is a Chelonoidis hoodensis, a species only found in the wild on the island ofEspanola, according to AFP. He reportedly fathered an estimated 800 offspring as of 2016. He was brought to the U.S. between 1928 and 1933 and placed in a breeding center on the Galapagos Conservancyas island of Santa Cruz, after his species was determined to be critically endangered in the 1960s, according to San Diego Zoo. Based on the results of the last censusconducted at the end of 2019and all the data available since 1960 both of the island and its tortoise population... the conclusion was that the island has sufficient conditions to maintain the tortoise population, which will continue to grow normally even without any new repatriation of juveniles.

  4. Jordan Anderson:

    With Sage’s extensive experience in road racing and open-wheel racing, along with finishing 7th in this year’s Indianapolis 500, we knew that the road course at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway would be a special place for him to make his NASCAR debut with support from Montage Mountain Resorts and so many other great partners.

  5. John W. Gardner:

    When Alexander the Great visited Diogenes and asked whether he could do anything for the famed teacher, Diogenes replied 'Only stand out of my light.' Perhaps some day we shall know how to heighten creativity. Until then, one of the best things we can do for creative men and women is to stand out of their light.

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