renown

[ri-noun]

noun

1. widespread and high repute; fame.

   Synonyms: eminence, note, distinction, glory, celebrity

2. Obsolete.,  report or rumor.

renown

/ rɪˈnaʊn /

noun

1. widespread reputation, esp of a good kind; fame

Other Word Forms

• renownless adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of renown¹

1300–50; Middle English renoun < Anglo-French; Old French renom, derivative of renomer to make famous < Latin re- re- + nōmināre to name

Word History and Origins

Origin of renown¹

C14: from Anglo-Norman renoun , from Old French renom , from renomer to celebrate, from _re- + nomer to name, from Latin nōmināre

Example Sentences

Both won Pulitzer prizes, World Press Photo awards and global renown.

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He cultivated renown as a Wall Street wizard yet projected an air of uncaring.

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Despite worldwide renown as one of the godfathers of artificial intelligence, he has been increasingly sidelined as the company’s approach diverged from his views on the technology’s future.

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His renown outside Japan may have been secured through his projects with Kurosawa, but the films in which he was directed by Kobayashi, 11 in total, cemented Mr. Nakadai’s fame in his homeland.

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At the time, despite Picasso’s global renown, few collectors had the mettle for the revolutionary but difficult Cubist epoch.

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