household name

noun

1. a person or thing that is very well known

Example Sentences

This year's Manchester Pride took place across four days, featuring performances from dozens of household name artists and gay icons.

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Yet the company is far from a household name; in most places, its logo isn’t even on customer bills.

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Quanta isn’t a household name, but it keeps many Americans’ homes running.

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Charles Darwin is a household name, but how many people know that the world’s most famous naturalist learned taxidermy from John Edmonstone, a formerly enslaved Black Briton who owned a bird-stuffing shop in Edinburgh, Scotland?

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OpenAI is practically a household name these days, but six years ago it was just another start-up with little name recognition.

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Related Words

• someone 
• whoever