Fame.
Synonyms:
| celebrity, | eminence, | honor, | notoriety, | reputation, |
| credit, | glory, | laurels, | renown, | repute. |
| distinction, | ||||
Fame is the widely disseminated report of a person's character, deeds, or abilities, and is oftenest used in the favorable sense. Reputation and repute are more limited than fame, and may be either good or bad. Notoriety is evil repute or a dishonorable counterfeit of fame. Eminence and distinction may result from rank, station, or character. Celebrity is limited in range; we speak of local celebrity, or world-wide fame. Fame in its best sense may be defined as the applause of numbers; renown, as such applause worthily won; we speak of the conqueror's fame, the patriot's renown. Glory and honor are of good import; honor may be given for qualities or acts that should not win it, but it is always given as something good and worthy; we can speak of an evil fame, but not of evil honor; glory has a more exalted and often a sacred sense.
Antonyms:
| contempt, | discredit, | dishonor, | humiliation, | infamy, | obscurity, |
| contumely, | disgrace, | disrepute, | ignominy, | oblivion, | shame. |