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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a high standing achieved through success or influence or wealth etc.; "he wanted to achieve power and prestige" [syn: prestige, prestigiousness]

Merriam Webster's

noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: French, from Middle French, conjuror's trick, illusion, from Latin praestigiae, plural, conjuror's tricks, from praestringere to graze, blunt, constrict, from prae- + stringere to bind tight — more at strain Date: 1829 1. standing or estimation in the eyes of people ; weight or credit in general opinion 2. commanding position in people's minds Synonyms: see influence • prestigeful adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 respect, reputation, or influence derived from achievements, power, associations, etc. 2 (attrib.) having or conferring prestige. Derivatives: prestigeful adj. Etymology: F, = illusion, glamour, f. LL praestigium (as PRESTIGIOUS)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Prestige Pres"tige (?; 277), n. [F., fr. L. praestigum delusion, illusion, praestigae deceptions, jugglers' tricks, prob. fr. prae before + the root of stinguere to extinguish, originally, to prick. See Stick, v.] 1. Delusion; illusion; trick. [Obs.] The sophisms of infidelity, and the prestiges of imposture. --Bp. Warburton. 2. Weight or influence derived from past success; expectation of future achievements founded on those already accomplished; force or charm derived from acknowledged character or reputation. ``The prestige of his name must go for something.'' --Sir G. C. Lewis.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If a person, a country, or an organization has prestige, they are admired and respected because of the position they hold or the things they have achieved. It was his responsibility for foreign affairs that gained him international prestige. 2. Prestige is used to describe products, places, or activities which people admire because they are associated with being rich or having a high social position. ...such prestige cars as Cadillac, Mercedes, Porsche and Jaguar. = luxury ADJ: ADJ n

Moby Thesaurus

accomplishment, admiration, adoration, apotheosis, appreciation, approbation, approval, ascendancy, authority, awe, breathless adoration, cachet, celebrity, charisma, charm, clout, consequence, consideration, control, courtesy, credit, deanship, deference, deification, dignity, distinction, dominance, domination, duty, effect, eminence, enchantment, esteem, estimation, exaggerated respect, excellence, face, fame, favor, force, glamor, glory, good feeling, great respect, greatness, hero worship, high place, high regard, hold, homage, honor, idolatry, idolization, illustriousness, importance, incidental power, incomparability, influence, influentiality, influentialness, inimitability, insinuation, kudos, lead, leadership, leverage, magnetism, majority, mastery, memorability, moment, notability, noteworthiness, one-upmanship, personality, persuasion, position, potency, power, precedence, predominance, predomination, preeminence, preponderance, prepotence, prepotency, prerogative, pressure, primacy, priority, privilege, prominence, purchase, rank, regard, reign, remarkableness, renown, reputation, repute, respect, reverence, reverential regard, right-of-way, rule, salience, say, seniority, significance, skill, standing, stardom, state, station, stature, status, suasion, subtle influence, success, suggestion, superiority, supremacy, sway, transcendence, transcendency, upper hand, veneration, virtuosity, weight, weightiness, whip hand, worship