5 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Fame \Fame\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Famed},; p. pr. & vb. n. {Faming}.] 1. To report widely or honorably. The field where thou art famed To have wrought such wonders. --Milton. 2. To make famous or renowned. Those Hesperian gardens famed of old. --Milton. From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Fame \Fame\ (f[=a]m), noun [OF. fame, L. fama, fr. fari to speak, akin to Gr. ???? a saying, report, fa'nai to speak. See {Ban}, and cf. {Fable}, {Fate}, {Euphony}, {Blame}.] 1. Public report or rumor. The fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house. --Gen. xlv. 16. 2. Report or opinion generally diffused; renown; public estimation; celebrity, either favorable or unfavorable; as, the fame of Washington. I find thou art no less than fame hath bruited. --Shak. Syn: Notoriety; celebrity; renown; reputation. From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: fame noun 1: the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed [syn: {celebrity}, {renown}] [ant: {infamy}] 2: favorable public reputation [ant: {infamy}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 76 Moby Thesaurus words for "fame": PR, acclaim, acclamation, acknowledgment, applause, ballyhoo, blurb, bright light, celebrity, character, common knowledge, consequence, conspicuousness, cry, currency, daylight, dignity, distinction, eclat, eminence, esteem, exposure, famousness, figure, glare, glory, greatness, heroism, honor, hoopla, hue and cry, illustriousness, kudos, limelight, loftiness, magnanimity, majesty, maximum dissemination, memorability, name, nobility, notability, note, noteworthiness, notoriety, notoriousness, plug, popularity, preeminence, press notice, prestige, prominence, public eye, public knowledge, public relations, public report, publicity, publicity story, publicness, puff, reclame, recognition, remarkableness, renown, rep, report, reputation, repute, salience, spotlight, stardom, sublimity, superiority, the bubble reputation, vogue, write-up From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]: FAME FORMEX Applied to Multilingualism in Europe (SGML, Europe)

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