celebrated
Americanadjective
adjective
Synonym Usage
See famous.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of celebrated
Explanation
If something is celebrated, it's famous. Your town's celebrated restaurant — the one everybody knows and talks about — might be a modest barbecue joint. A celebrated writer is an important, well-known one, like Ernest Hemingway or Maya Angelou. In your family, a celebrated figure might be the cousin who visits every summer and tells the best stories. As long as someone is talked about and revered by a group of people, they're celebrated. This adjective comes from the verb celebrate and its Latin root celebrare, "to sing praises of."
Vocabulary lists containing celebrated
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Example Sentences
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Newcombe and Gibson would go on to be recognized and celebrated for their work.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2026
In an email to Socolow after the paper’s submission, Mottershead celebrated, writing that the target meant that “around 50% of primary energy could still come from fossil fuels.”
From Salon • Jun. 26, 2026
The late wickets were a huge bonus for England, celebrated with delight.
From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026
Markets celebrated a memorandum of understanding last week and oil prices are falling, but negotiating a lasting agreement between the two nations is proving to be anything but straightforward—especially considering the mid-August deadline.
From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026
They exchanged members, hunted together, traded rare luxuries, cemented political alliances and celebrated religious festivals.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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