celebrity

[ suh-leb-ri-tee ]

noun

, plural ce·leb·ri·ties

1. a famous or well-known person.
2. fame; renown.

   Synonyms: stardom, eminence, note, distinction

celebrity

/ sɪˈlɛbrɪtɪ /

noun

1. a famous person

   a show-business celebrity

2. fame or notoriety

Other Words From

• nonce·lebri·ty noun plural noncelebrities

Word History and Origins

Origin of celebrity¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin celebritās multitude, fame, festal celebration, equivalent to celebr- (stem of celeber ) often repeated, famous + -itās -ity

Example Sentences

In the last year, her fusion exercise class has attracted a cult following and become de rigueur among the celebrity set.

From The Daily Beast

What celebrity has started to talk about his or her eating disorder?

From The Daily Beast

To do so is to deify a celebrity for being what we need them to be, while willfully ignoring who they really are.

From The Daily Beast

To make it work almost everything else about these shows has to seem factual which is why many look like a weird Celebrity Sims.

From The Daily Beast

Whatever the excuse, in 2008 we were all subjected to Celebrity Apprentice.

From The Daily Beast

Baroness Schopenhauer died at Jena; a woman of talent and celebrity, and author of various works, which were collected in 24 vols.

From Project Gutenberg

She cultivated a witty habit of speech, the society of cabinet ministers, and her chef was a celebrity.

From Project Gutenberg

His school friends valued his musical talents, but were far from suspecting him to be a future celebrity.

From Project Gutenberg

I fancy their celebrity in early days can hardly parallel this, but I do not vouch for the statistics.

From Project Gutenberg

For Honorius Hatchard, in the early years of the nineteenth century, had enjoyed a modest celebrity.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

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