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worthies
noun as in luminary
noun as in notable
noun as in personage/personality
noun as in pillar
noun as in VIP
noun as in celebrity
noun as in figure
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This was a clincher—assorted worthies sent their own medals back in protest but everyone else was delighted.
Prince William traveled to Cambridge for his first day at the University yesterday and was greeted by university worthies.
In front of Amy Hempel and Richard Howard and Bill Matthews and various other worthies?
Let's not jump to any conclusions about 71-year-old Cheney leapfrogging a bunch of other worthies to get his new heart.
The collection of Establishment worthies that make up the Iraq inquiry barely laid a glove on him.
Full-length figures of county worthies hung around, in all varieties of costume, from the days of Holbein to the present time.
Their salutation finished, these worthies proceed to recount the sport they have had on earth.
“Life of Wellington” (“English Worthies”), unfinished, xxiv.
Those two worthies would go as far as they dared, but they would stop short of any desperate work.
The conversation between these worthies was so interesting, that we propose to assign to it another chapter.
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On this page you'll find 188 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to worthies, such as: celebrity, dignitary, notable, personage, superstar, and eminence.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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