Word Meanings - RENOWN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. The state of being much known and talked of; exalted reputation derived from the extensive praise of great achievements or accomplishments; fame; celebrity; -- always in a good sense. Nor envy we Thy great renown, nor grudge thy victory. Dryden.

Additional info about word: RENOWN

1. The state of being much known and talked of; exalted reputation derived from the extensive praise of great achievements or accomplishments; fame; celebrity; -- always in a good sense. Nor envy we Thy great renown, nor grudge thy victory. Dryden. 2. Report of nobleness or exploits; praise. This famous duke of Milan, Of whom so often I have heard renown. Shak.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of RENOWN)

• Celebrity
• Fame
• honor
• glory
• star
• reputation
• distinction
• renown
• notability
• eminence
• notoriety
• report
• rumor
• bruit
• news
• tidings
• laurels
• celebrity
• credit
• Glory
• Brightness
• radiance
• effulgence
• fame
• pomp
• luster
• magnificence
• splendor
• Honor
• Respect
• reverence
• nobility
• dignity
• high-mindedness
• spirit
• selfrespect
• grandeur
• esteem

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of RENOWN)

• Silence
• hush
• suppress
• misreport
• misrepresent
• miarelate
• falsify
• Overlook
• disregard
• dishonor
• despise
• contemn

Related words: (words related to RENOWN)

• DISREGARDFULLY
  Negligently; heedlessly.
• SPIRITUOUS
  1. Having the quality of spirit; tenuous in substance, and having active powers or properties; ethereal; immaterial; spiritual; pure. 2. Containing, or of the nature of, alcoholic spirit; consisting of refined spirit; alcoholic; ardent;
• GRANDEUR
  The state or quality of being grand; vastness; greatness; splendor; magnificence; stateliness; sublimity; dignity; elevation of thought or expression; nobility of action. Nor doth this grandeur and majestic show Of luxury . . . allure mine eye.
• HONORABLE
  1. Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious. Thy name and honorable family. Shak. 2. High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation. 3. Proceeding from an
• HIGH-MINDEDNESS
  The quality of being highminded; nobleness; magnanimity.
• CREDIT FONCIER
  A company licensed for the purpose of carrying out
• RENOWNED
  Famous; celebrated for great achievements, for distinguished qualities, or for grandeur; eminent; as, a renowned king. "Some renowned metropolis with glistering spires." Milton. These were the renouwned of the congregation. Num. i. 61.
• SUPPRESSOR
  One who suppresses.
• ESTEEM
  1. To set a value on; to appreciate the worth of; to estimate; to value; to reckon. Then he forsook God, which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. Deut. xxxii. 15. Thou shouldst esteem his censure and authority to be of
• SPIRITUALIZE
  To extract spirit from; also, to convert into, or impregnate with, spirit. (more info) 1. To refine intellectiually or morally; to purify from the corrupting influence of the world; to give a spiritual character or tendency to; as, to spiritualize
• EMINENCE
  1. That which is eminent or lofty; a high ground or place; a height. Without either eminences or cavities. Dryden. The temple of honor ought to be seated on an eminence. Burke. 2. An elevated condition among men; a place or station above men in
• TIDINGS
  Account of what has taken place, and was not before known; news. I shall make my master glad with these tidings. Shak. Full well the busy whisper, circling round, Conveyed the dismal tidings when he frowned. Goldsmith. Note: Although tidings is
• NOBILITY
  1. The quality or state of being noble; superiority of mind or of character; commanding excellence; eminence. Though she hated Amphialus, yet the nobility of her courage prevailed over it. Sir P. Sidney. They thought it great their sovereign to
• MISREPORT
  To report erroneously; to give an incorrect account of. Locke.
• SPIRITUOSITY
  The quality or state of being spirituous; spirituousness.
• HONORABLENESS
  1. The state of being honorable; eminence; distinction. 2. Conformity to the principles of honor, probity, or moral rectitude; fairness; uprightness; reputableness.
• SPLENDOR
  1. Great brightness; brilliant luster; brilliancy; as, the splendor ot the sun. B. Jonson. 2. Magnifience; pomp; parade; as, the splendor of equipage, ceremonies, processions, and the like. "Rejoice in splendor of mine own." Shak. 3. Brilliancy;
• REPUTATION
  The character imputed to a person in the community in which he lives. It is admissible in evidence when he puts his character in issue, or when such reputation is otherwise part of the issue of a case. 3. Specifically: Good reputation; favorable
• SPIRITUAL-MINDED
  Having the mind set on spiritual things, or filled with holy desires and affections. -- Spir"it*u*al-mind`ed*ness, n.
• RESPECTER
  One who respects. A respecter of persons, one who regards or judges with partiality. Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons. Acts x.
• PUBLIC-SPIRITED
  1. Having, or exercising, a disposition to advance the interest of the community or public; as, public-spirited men. 2. Dictated by a regard to public good; as, a public-spirited project or measure. Addison. -- Pub"lic-spir`it*ed*ly,
• DISCREDITABLE
  Not creditable; injurious to reputation; disgraceful; disreputable. -- Dis*cred"it*a*bly, adv.
• DISRESPECTABILITY
  Want of respectability. Thackeray.
• DISPIRITED
  Depressed in spirits; disheartened; daunted. -- Dis*pir"it*ed*ly, adv. -- Dis*pir"it*ed, n.
• MISESTEEM
  Want of esteem; disrespect. Johnson.
• INDISTINCTION
  Want of distinction or distinguishableness; confusion; uncertainty; indiscrimination. The indistinction of many of the same name . . . hath made some doubt. Sir T. Browne. An indistinction of all persons, or equality of all orders, is far from being