notable
- worthy of note or notice; noteworthy: a notable success; a notable theory.
- prominent, important, or distinguished: many notable artists.
- Archaic. capable, thrifty, and industrious.
- a prominent, distinguished, or important person.
- (usually initial capital letter) French History.
- one of a number of prominent men, usually of the aristocracy, called by the king on extraordinary occasions.
- Notables,Also called Assembly of the Notables.an assembly of high-ranking nobles, ecclesiastics, and state functionaries having deliberative but not legislative or administrative powers, convoked by the king principally in 1554, 1786, and 1788, in the lattermost year to establish the manner for selecting the States-General.
- Obsolete. a notable fact or thing.
Origin of notable
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preeminent, remarkable, striking, marked, well-known, unusual, noteworthy, illustrious, eminent, conspicuous, renowned, extraordinary, notorious, memorable, momentous, prominent, great, rare, evident, noticeableExamples from the Web for notable
Contemporary Examples of notable
“We would love to finish what we started some years ago,” Branson told journalists at a news conference with notable hesitancy.
Here are 15 notable books published in 2014 about the decade of the moment.
Ed Sheeran, one of the performers on the night, was a notable exception.
But the display was notable for the eruptions of smoke from the engines, most likely Russian RD-93s.
But these dramatic increases in spending and teachers have not yielded a notable change in overall student outcomes.
Historical Examples of notable
For the turning of the matter in our favour we have fortunately some notable examples.
The Conquest of FearBasil King
Once established, there was nothing specially laborious or notable about it.
In the ValleyHarold Frederic
The deftness with which he completed the task of laying bare the wound was notable.
The Slave Of The LampHenry Seton Merriman
If the book had nothing in it but the splendid figure of this man it would be notable.
The HarborErnest Poole
Finally, and surely not the least notable of American traits, is public spirit.
The American MindBliss Perry
notable
- worthy of being noted or remembered; remarkable; distinguished
- a notable person
Word Origin for notable
Word Origin and History for notable
mid-14c., from Old French notable "well-known, notable, remarkable" (13c.) and directly from Latin notabilis "noteworthy, extraordinary," from notare "to note" (see note (v.)). The noun meaning "a person of distinction" is first recorded 1815. Related: Notably; notableness.