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notability

notability

1 5.8
Being well known
  • noun
  • /ˌnoʊtəˈbɪləti/
translation icon : notabilidad
  • His rise to notability in the music industry was swift, thanks to his unique sound.
  • landowning notability

Examples

  • And while Nobody was hardly a crowd-pleaser, it nonetheless reveals how the notability of a work of art cannot always be measured in terms of its market viability.

    Academic text (2016)

  • My experience is that the Flashpoint is a bit sturdier than the PBSF, about the same brightness/notability, and often on sale for $10 less than the PBSF (which is the winner for me).

    Blog text (18)

  • The film went on to earn several award nominations and received notability for its production design and visual effects.

    Blog text (29)

  • 43 others of lesser notability who took the leap certainly suffered professional consequences.

    Academic text (2012)

  • Lack of mainstream coverage does not infer lack of notability.

    Blog text (28)

  • Wikipedia pages must meet the site's threshold of "notability."

    Blog text (4)

  • On Wikipedia, otherwise well-written and high-quality articles are deleted because of the absurd and inconsistently applied "notability" requirement, discouraging many people from contributing.

    Blog text (7)

  • At first glance, that seems pretty straightforward—either save your Word docs as a PDF and then have the students annotate them with something like Notability, or let them type directly into the Word doc with CloudOn or Pages.

    Blog text (14)

  • The notability of her contributions to science was recognized with multiple awards.

  • The artist achieved notability after his work was featured in several prestigious galleries.

Synonyms

fame
vsnotability
439 1.0

Being known by many people for something you did

is the quality of being worthy of attention rather than just recognition
profile
vsnotability
266 3.9

The level of public attention a person or group receives

is the inherent quality that makes someone worthy of attention rather than just level
celebrity
vsnotability
106 2.8

Being famous and known by many people

is the broader quality of being worthy of attention beyond public acclaim
visibility
vsnotability
46 3.4

How much a person or thing is noticed by many people

is the quality of deserving attention rather than merely being noticed
prominence
vsnotability
40 5.6

A state of being important and easily noticed

is about being worthy of attention rather than importance
renown
vsnotability
9 5.5

Wide fame and respect for someone's work or good qualities

is the general quality of being worthy of attention rather than admired
famousness
vsnotability
1 3.4

Being known by many people and recognized in public

is about being worthy of attention rather than only being well known

Antonyms

obscurity
33 7.4

A time when a person or thing is unknown and not noticed

insignificance
7 5.8

A state of not being important or having little effect

How Notable

fame
439 1.0
prominence
40 5.6
notability
1 5.8
low profile
55 4.4
obscurity
33 7.4

Surface Forms

notability singular
notabilities plural

Morphology

notability = notable (transparent) = note + ity

Standard noun formation from the adjective 'notable' using '-ity' to indicate a state or quality.

Etymology

Notability comes from an old Latin word nota meaning 'mark' or 'sign' and shares the same root as the everyday word note. So, think of someone or something being 'marked' by attention — notability is the quality of being worth noting or attracting attention.