English noun: celebrity | |||
1. | celebrity (person) a widely known person | ||
Samples | He was a baseball celebrity. | ||
Synonyms | famous person | ||
Broader (hypernym) | important person, influential person, personage | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | guiding light, immortal, leading light, lion, luminary, notability, notable, personality, social lion, toast | ||
2. | celebrity (state) the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed | ||
Synonyms | fame, renown | ||
Broader (hypernym) | honor, honour, laurels | ||
Antonyms | infamy, opprobrium | ||