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Sense: Adjective: famous

Synonyms:

famous , renowned , recognized , recognised (UK), recognisable, familiar , big-name (informal), widely-known, eminent, illustrious, notorious , popular , public , prominent , legendary, leading , acclaimed, famed, talked-of

Antonyms:

little-known, obscure , anonymous, unnoticeable, unknown , unimportant, unrecognized, unremarkable, undiscovered, inconspicuous, inferior, insignificant, out of the way, off the beaten track

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