What is another word for world-famous?

Pronunciation: [wˈɜːldfˈe͡ɪməs] (IPA)

World-famous is a phrase used to describe something that has gained a significant amount of recognition, popularity, and admiration across the globe. However, there are several alternative phrases that could be used to convey the same meaning. These include renowned, celebrated, prominent, distinguished, acclaimed, and iconic. Additionally, colloquial terms like "big-shot" or "superstar" may also be used to describe people or things that have achieved worldwide recognition. The use of alternative phrases not only adds variety and flare to written and spoken language but also allows for more precise and expressive communication.

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Famous quotes with World-famous

  • He's a world-famous name to people who care about his music, but there are many people who have never heard of George Gershwin and those numbers increase.
    Michael Feinstein
  • In the future everyone will be world-famous for fifteen minutes.
    Andy Warhol
  • He'd never been all that good at math, but he was a goddamned world-famous expert in getting dumped.
    John Green (author)
  • Our investigative research into the origin and first major use of solid state diode detector devices led to the discovery that the first transatlantic wireless signal in Marconi’s world-famous experiment was received by Marconi using the iron-mercury-iron-coherer with a telephone detector invented by Sir J.C. Bose in 1898.
    Jagadish Chandra Bose
  • He swore repeatedly, ever the more violently the unsteadier his legs became, but to steel his senses he kept his mind fixed persistently on the world-famous battles of the rhymes. He recited the most powerful passages one after another over and over again, dwelling especially on the devilish heroes, Grimur Ægir and Andri. It was Grimur he was fighting now, he thought . . . but now an end would be put to the deadly feud, for now the stage was set for the final struggle.
    Halldór Laxness

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