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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a celebrity who is an inspiration to others; "he was host to a large gathering of luminaries" [syn: luminary, leading light, guiding light, notable, notability]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural -ties) Date: 1832 a notable or prominent person

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. -ies) 1 the state of being notable (names of no historical notability). 2 a prominent person. Etymology: ME f. OF notabilité or LL notabilitas (as NOTABLE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Notability Not`a*bil"i*ty, n.; pl. Notabilities. [Cf. F. notabilit['e] .] 1. Quality of being notable. 2. A notable, or remarkable, person or thing; a person of note. ``Parisian notabilities'' --Carlyle. 3. A notable saying. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Notableness, remarkableness. 2. Notable person, person of note, celebrity.

Moby Thesaurus

Establishment, VIP, baron, big gun, big man, big name, big shot, big-timer, bigwig, brass, brass hat, celebrity, chief, consequence, conspicuousness, constellation, cynosure, dignitary, dignity, distinction, elder, elevation, eminence, esteem, exaltation, excellence, fame, father, figure, folk hero, galaxy, glory, grandeur, great man, greatness, hero, heroine, heroism, high mightiness, honor, idol, immortal, importance, important person, interests, leader, lion, loftiness, lords of creation, luminaries, luminary, magnanimity, magnate, majesty, man of mark, mark, master spirit, memorability, mogul, nabob, name, nobility, notable, note, noteworthiness, outstandingness, panjandrum, person of note, person of renown, personage, personality, pillar of society, pleiad, pop hero, popular hero, popular idol, power, power elite, prestige, prominence, public figure, remarkableness, renown, reputation, repute, ruling circle, sachem, salience, significance, social lion, somebody, something, star, sublimity, supereminence, superstar, the great, the top, top brass, top people, tycoon, very important person, worthy