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famed

/feɪmd/

famed adjective: having fame; famous or noted.

Adjective

famed (comparative more famed, superlative most famed)

  1. Having fame; famous or noted.
    • Mystic’s maritime history dates to its days as a shipbuilding center, a time well preserved at the Mystic Seaport Museum, the world’s leading and largest of its kind, home to the famed 1800s whaleship, Charles W. Morgan.2017 April 2, Tara Donaldson, “5 quiet U.S. coastal towns that offer a seaside escape”, in CNN

famed meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam

famed in Hindi

having fame
मशहूर maśhūr

famed in Tamil

புகழ்பெற்ற

famed in Urdu

مشہور

famed in Malayalam

well known, famous, celebrated
പ്രസിദ്ധ, അതിപ്രസിദ്ധ, കീർത്തികേട്ട, പ്രശസ്ത, പ്രശസ്തമായ, പ്രഗല്ഭ

Examples of famed in a sentence

  • Be careful of the ticket touts outside the arena; they are famed for selling counterfeits.
  • He was famed for his nondesertion of allies, even in intense combat.
  • At least the daredevil, who unfortunately failed his famed stunt attempt, died the way he lived.

All 40 example sentences with famed

Forms of famed

comparativemore famed
superlativemost famed

Origin of famed

From fame + -ed.

Words formed from famed

Words that rhyme with famed

2 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about famed

What does famed mean?
Famed means having fame; famous or noted.
What is famed in Hindi?
Famed in Hindi is मशहूर (maśhūr). See Famed meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is famed?
Famed is an adjective.
How do you pronounce famed?
Famed is pronounced /feɪmd/.

Words near famed in the dictionary

  1. fame diggers
  2. fame whore
  3. fame whores
  4. fame-ish
  5. fame-worthy
  6. famed
  7. fameflower
  8. fameflowers
  9. fameless
  10. famelessly
  11. famelessness

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: famed (page history and authors); famed (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); famed (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); famed (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset 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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