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most famous

ADJECTIVE

legendary, notable to many

Synonyms

STRONGEST

acclaimed brilliant distinguished eminent excellent glorious grand great honored illustrious important influential leading memorable noted notorious outstanding powerful preeminent prominent recognized remarkable renowned splendid well-known

WEAK

applauded august celebrated conspicuous elevated exalted extraordinary foremost imposing in limelight in spotlight lionized mighty much-publicized noble noteworthy of note peerless reputable signal talked about

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bad common contemptible inconspicuous ineffective infamous inferior insignificant little low normal obscure ordinary poor powerless regular small stupid typical unimportant unimpressive unknown unnoteworthy unremarkable usual weak

WEAK

unnotable

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most famous

Africa is most famous for spectacular hominid fossils that reveal our own ancestry.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

Which gets us to Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI and the most famous face of the technology.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Director Brian de Palma's 1976 movie version is a horror classic, with some of its most famous scenes and imagery widely considered iconic within the genre.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Palm Beach international airport was renamed after the city's most famous resident earlier this year.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

One of their most famous parties took place in November 1938, when the world situation was grim and their own workload was intense.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

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