wellknown
wellknown is the alternative form of well-known.
Meaning of well-known
Adjective
well-known (comparative better-known or more well-known, superlative best-known or most well-known)
- Familiar, famous, renowned, noted or widely known.
- Edward Churchill still attended to his work in a hopeless mechanical manner like a sleep-walker who walks safely on a well-known round. But his Roman collar galled him, his cossack stifled him, his biretta was as uncomfortable as a merry-andrew's cap and bells.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XV, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- noted, twice-told
- Antonyms:
- little-known
- Generally recognized; reserved for some usual purpose.
- We would like to catalog other sockets which are supposed to be well-known1972, Vint Cerf, Jon Postel, RFC 322 - Well known socket numbers
Forms of wellknown
| comparative | more wellknown |
|---|---|
| superlative | most wellknown |
Questions about wellknown
- What is wellknown the alternative form of?
- Wellknown is the alternative form of well-known.
Words near wellknown in the dictionary
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