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View synonyms for celebrity

celebrity

[ suh-leb-ri-tee ]

noun

plural celebrities
  1. a famous or well-known person.
  2. fame; renown.

    Synonyms: stardom, eminence, note, distinction



celebrity

/ sɪˈlɛbrɪtɪ /

noun

  1. a famous person

    a show-business celebrity

  2. fame or notoriety
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • nonce·lebri·ty noun plural noncelebrities
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Word History and Origins

Origin of celebrity1

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin celebritās multitude, fame, festal celebration, equivalent to celebr- (stem of celeber ) often repeated, famous + -itās -ity
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Example Sentences

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Then, the show quickly shelves the cinematic celebrity angle.

These celebrities were moving very awkwardly, and I was able to identify that it was how they held their hips or posed their hands.

"People that say you're a troll, you're a bully...I find myself hiding at celebrity events because I think 'oh I do their impression, they might not like me'."

From BBC

Nature is being destroyed, violence rages around the globe and a handful of celebrities just expended innumerable carbon emissions during a two-second space flight for little more than a glorified press opportunity.

From Salon

However critics have questioned the environmental cost of sending celebrities to space.

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