fame
/feɪm/
fame noun: something said or reported; gossip, rumour.
Noun
fame (usually uncountable, plural fames)
- Something said or reported; gossip, rumour.
- There went a fame in Heav'n that he ere long / Intended to create, and therein plant / A generation, whom his choice regard / Should favour […].1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
- If the accused could produce a specified number of honest neighbours to swear publicly that the suspicion was unfounded, and if no one else came forward to contradict them convincingly, the charge was dropped: otherwise the common fame was held to be true.2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex, Penguin, published 2013, page 23
- One's reputation.
- The state of being famous or well-known and spoken of, especially for something positive.
- I find thou art no less than fame hath bruited.c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
- I was about to say that I had known the Celebrity from the time he wore kilts. But I see I will have to amend that, because he was not a celebrity then, nor, indeed, did he achieve fame until some time after I left New York for the West.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- famousness
- Antonyms:
- obscurity, unknownness
Verb
fame (third-person singular simple present fames, present participle faming, simple past and past participle famed)
- To make (someone or something) famous.
fame meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
fame in Hindi
- state of being famous
- लोकप्रियता lokapriytā, शोहरत śohrat, यश yaś, वैभव vaibhav, कीर्ति kīrti, प्रसिद्धि prasiddhi
fame in Tamil
- state of being famous
- புகழ் pukaḻ
fame in Marathi
- fame, renown, glory
- कीर्ती kīrtī
- fame
- ख्याती khyātī
fame in Urdu
- state of being famous
- شُہْرَت śuhrat
More languagesFewer languages
- fame in Bengali
- খ্যাতি khêti, আখ্যা akkha, বিখ্যাতি bikkhati, প্রসিদ্ধি prośiddhi
- fame in Telugu
- కీర్తి kīrti, ప్రతిష్ఠ pratiṣṭha, ప్రత్యయము pratyayamu
- fame in Malayalam
- പ്രശസ്തി praśasti
- fame in Kannada
- ಪಡೆವಾತು, ಹೆಸರು, ದೊರೆ, ಮೇಲ್ಮೆ
- fame in Odia
- ପ୍ରସିଦ୍ଧି prasiddhi
- fame in Sanskrit
- प्रसिद्धि prasiddhi, प्रसिद्धता prasiddhatā, यश yaśa, विश्राव viśrāva
- fame in Assamese
- নাম nam
- fame in Nepali
- नाम nām
- fame in Pashto
- شهرت šuhrat
- fame in Arabic
- شُهْرَة šuhra
- fame in Malay
- gah, kemasyhuran
- fame in Thai
- ชื่อเสียง chʉ̂ʉ-sǐiang, ศักดิ์ศรี sàk-sǐi, เกียรติ gìiat, ศิริ sì-rì
- fame in Vietnamese
- danh tiếng
- fame in Myanmar
- အကျော်ဇေယျ a.kyaujeyya.
Examples of fame in a sentence
- Her only claim to fame is being married to a socialite.
- The band was still bubbling under then, but their fame was about to explode.
- He is sure he is destined for fame.
Synonyms of fame
Antonyms
Forms of fame
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | fames |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | fames |
| present participle | faming |
| past participle | famed |
| past | famed |
Origin of fame
From Middle English fame, from Old French fame (“celebrity, renown”), itself borrowed from Latin fāma (“talk, rumor, report, reputation”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂-meh₂, from *bʰeh₂- (“to speak, say, tell”). Cognate with Ancient Greek φήμη (phḗmē, “talk”). Related also to Latin for (“speak, say”, verb), Old English bōian (“to boast”), Old English bēn (“prayer, request”), Old English bannan (“to summon, command, proclaim”). More at ban. Displaced native Old English hlīsa.
Words formed from fame
- 15 megabytes of fame
- 15 minutes of fame
- antifame
- claim to fame
- cyberfame
- disfame
- e-fame
- enfame
- famacide
- fame digger
- fame-ish
- fameless
- famesque
- fame whore
- fame-worthy
- fifteen megabytes of fame
- fifteen minutes of fame
- hall of fame
- herostratic fame
- horse fame
- house of ill fame
- ill fame
- Instafame
- microfame
- outfame
- semifame
- unfame
- walk of fame
- woman of ill fame
Phrases with fame
Words that rhyme with fame
37 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- reclaim
- same
- blame
- declaim
- disclaim
- squame
- aflame
- came
- defame
- rame
- ashame
- became
- crame
- exclaim
- mechanical game
- misname
- overcame
- proclaim
- second name
- BAME
- by name
- cyberfame
- deadname
- enflame
- file names
- good game
- hame
- herostratic fame
- maim
- Markush claim
- reclame
- rename
- run game
- sejm
- succame
- two can play this game
- video game
Questions about fame
- What does fame mean?
- Fame means something said or reported; gossip, rumour.
- What is fame in Hindi?
- Fame in Hindi is लोकप्रियता (lokapriytā), शोहरत (śohrat), यश (yaś). See Fame meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is fame?
- Fame can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce fame?
- Fame is pronounced /feɪm/.
- What is the plural of fame?
- The plural of fame is fames.
Words near fame in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: fame (page history and authors); कीर्ती (Marathi) (page history and authors); కీర్తి (Telugu) (page history and authors); fame (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ପ୍ରସିଦ୍ଧି (Odia) (page history and authors); নাম (Assamese) (page history and authors); नाम (Nepali) (page history and authors). 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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