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celeb

/səˈlɛb/

celeb noun: a celebrity; a famous person, a one who is celebrated.

celeb: Person walks through ornate temple entrance with red carpet
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Noun

celeb (plural celebs)

  1. (informal) A celebrity; a famous person, a one who is celebrated.
    • Just in case you thought celebs stay famous on their own, think again. There's a whole pack of people who help a star each day2007, Jen Jones, Being Famous, Capstone, →ISBN, page 118

celeb meaning in Hindi and Kannada

celeb in Hindi

सेलेब

celeb in Kannada

ಸೆಲೆಬ್

Examples of celeb in a sentence

  • There is little chance of having the chance to approach such a big celeb.
  • Even though the concept is new to public scrutiny, pundits recognize that the web celeb archetype is profoundly affecting conventional media.
  • By now you’ve likely spotted the Barbiecore trend on celebs and runways.

All 13 example sentences with celeb

Forms of celeb

pluralcelebs

Origin of celeb

Clipping of celebrity.

Words formed from celeb

Words that rhyme with celeb

5 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about celeb

What does celeb mean?
Celeb means a celebrity; a famous person, a one who is celebrated.
What is celeb in Hindi?
Celeb in Hindi is सेलेब. See Celeb meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is celeb?
Celeb is a noun.
How do you pronounce celeb?
Celeb is pronounced /səˈlɛb/ (UK).
What is the plural of celeb?
The plural of celeb is celebs.

Words near celeb in the dictionary

  1. celatures
  2. Celaya
  3. Celayas
  4. Celbridge
  5. cele
  6. celeb
  7. celebdom
  8. Celebean
  9. Celebes
  10. Celebes crested macaque
  11. Celebes crested macaques

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: celeb (page history and authors); celeb (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); celeb (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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