renown
- noun
- /rɪˈnaʊn/
- Alverno College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has achieved renown for its institutional incorporation of a learning-how-to-learn approach to education.
- achieving renown
- gain renown
- win renown
He's a psychologist of some renown.
- He's a psychologist of some renown.
- And the best enforcement mechanism is admiration and desire and social renown.
- Hello, this is Hank Green for a special episode of Scishow where we're going to be interviewing Carl Zimmer, who is a science writer of great renown.
- The thing that works is fame is renown, and renown can work at many different levels.
- And so he is attracting renown and, and fame in that respect as well.
Examples
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By then, the Basel friary had become a reform community of international renown, attracting friars from Bohemia, Denmark, and Barcelona.
Academic text (2018) -
So I had become, at once, the star of the family, and my renown spread worldwide overnight.
Fiction book (1991) -
He became a writer of some renown.
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A diplomat of international renown, Carter received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 for his body of diplomatic work.
Academic text (2006) -
John Hennessy is a scholar of international renown, but at the same time he's a beloved teacher, mentor, and advisor.
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He became a writer of renown with his best-selling novels.
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Mr. Blanc is a private investigator of great renown in his field.
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Over the last 35 years, he has won renown as one of Florida's most celebrated fishermen.
Synonyms
Being known by many people for something you did
Great fame and honor from important achievements
The quality of being very important and admired for skill or achievements
Public praise for someone's achievement or effort
Being famous and known by many people
High respect and admiration that people give for success or power
The respect and importance someone or something has because of their success
A state of being important and easily noticed
A sign that makes someone or something seem more respected and important
The opinion people have of someone, often about how respected they are
High respect for a person because of their work in a field
Being known by many people and recognized in public
Being well known
A quality of being respected and trusted by many people
A quality of being respected and admired because of success, power, or money
Great fame and respect for doing important work
Being worthy of deep respect and honour
Antonyms
How Renowned
Surface Forms
Etymology
Renown comes from old parts that mean 'name again', re- 'again' and nominare 'to name'. So a person of renown is someone people 'name' again and again, which is why renown means wide fame and respect.