good repute, high repute; note, notability, notoriety, eclat, the
bubble reputation [As You Like It], vogue, celebrity; fame, famousness;
renown; popularity, aura popularis [Lat.]; approbation &c 931; credit,
succes d'estime [Fr.], prestige, talk of the town; name to conjure
with.
glory, honor; luster &c (light) 420; illustriousness &c adj..
account, regard, respect; reputableness &c adj.†; respectability &c
(probity) 939; good name, good report; fair name.
dignity; stateliness &c adj.; solemnity, grandeur, splendor,
nobility, majesty, sublimity.
rank, standing, brevet rank, precedence, pas, station, place,
status; position, position in society; order, degree, baccalaureate,
locus standi [Lat.], caste, condition.
greatness &c adj.; eminence; height &c 206; importance &c 642;
preeminence, supereminence; high mightiness, primacy; top of the
ladder, top of the tree.
elevation; ascent &c 305; superaltation†, exaltation;
dignification†, aggrandizement.
dedication, consecration, enthronement, canonization, celebration,
enshrinement, glorification.
hero, man of mark, great card, celebrity, worthy, lion, rara avis
[Lat.], notability, somebody; classman†; man of rank &c (nobleman) 875;
pillar of the state, pillar of the church, pillar of the community.
chief &c (master) 745; first fiddle &c (proficient) 700; cynosure,
mirror; flower, pink, pearl; paragon &c (perfection) 650; choice and
master spirits of the age; elite; star, sun, constellation, galaxy.
ornament, honor, feather in one's cap, halo, aureole, nimbus; halo
of glory, blaze of glory, blushing honors; laurels &c (trophy) 733.
memory, posthumous fame, niche in the temple of fame; immortality,
immortal name; magni nominis umbra [Lat.] [Lucan].
V. be conscious of glory; be proud of &c (pride) 878; exult &c (boast)
884; be vain of &c (vanity) 880.
be distinguished &c adj.; shine &c (light) 420; shine forth,
figure; cut a figure, make a dash, make a splash.
rival, surpass; outshine, outrival, outvie†, outjump; emulate,
eclipse; throw into the shade, cast into the shade; overshadow.
live, flourish, glitter, flaunt, gain honor, acquire honor &c n.;
play first fiddle &c (be of importance) 642, bear the palm, bear the
bell; lead the way; take precedence, take the wall of; gain laurels,
win laurels, gain spurs, gain golden opinions &c (approbation) 931;
take one's degree, pass one's examination.
make a noise, make some noise, make a noise in the world; leave
one's mark, exalt one's horn, blow one's horn, star it, have a run, be
run after; come into vogue, come to the front; raise one's head.
enthrone, signalize, immortalize, deify, exalt to the skies; hand
one's name down to posterity.
consecrate; dedicate to, devote to; enshrine, inscribe, blazon,
lionize, blow the trumpet, crown with laurel.
confer honor on, reflect honor on &c v.; shed a luster on;
redound.to one's honor, ennoble.
give honor to, do honor to, pay honor to, render honor to; honor,
accredit, pay regard to, dignify, glorify; sing praises to &c (approve)
931; lock up to; exalt, aggrandize, elevate, nobilitate [Lat.].
Adj. distinguished, distingue [Fr.], noted; of note &c n.; honored &c
v.; popular; fashionable &c 852.
in good odor in; favor, in high favor; reputable, respectable,
creditable.
remarkable &c (important) 642; notable, notorious; celebrated,
renowned, ion every one's mouth, talked of; famous, famed; far-famed;
conspicuous, to the front; foremost; in the front rank, in the
ascendant.
imperishable, deathless, immortal, never fading, aere perennius
[Lat.]; time honored.
illustrious, glorious, splendid, brilliant, radiant; bright &c
420; full-blown; honorific.
eminent, prominent; high &c 206; in the zenith; at the head of, at
the top of the tree; peerless, of the first water.; superior &c 33;
supereminent, preeminent.
great, dignified, proud, noble, honorable, worshipful, lordly,
grand, stately, august, princely.
imposing, solemn, transcendent, majestic, sacred, sublime, heaven-
born, heroic, sans peur et sans reproche [Fr.]; sacrosanct.
Int. hail!, all hail!, ave!, viva!, vive! [Fr.], long life to!, banzai!
[Jap.]; glory be to, honor be to?
Phr. one's name being in every mouth, one's name living for ever; sic
itur ad astra [Lat.], fama volat [Lat.], aut Caesar aut nullus [Lat.];
not to know him argues oneself unknown; none but himself could be his
parallel, palmam qui meruit ferat [Lat.] [Nelson's motto].
above all Greek above all Roman fame [Pope]; cineri gloria sera
est [Lat.] [Martial]; great is the glory for the strife is hard
[Wordsworth]; honor virtutis praemium [Lat.] [Cicero]; immensum gloria
calcar habet [Ovid]; the glory dies not and the grief is past
[Brydges]; vivit post funera virtus [Lat.].