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| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
| Class VI. Words Relating to the Sentient and Moral Powers |
| Section II. Personal Affections |
| 5. Extrinsic Affections |
| 873. Repute. |
| NOUN: | REPUTE, reputation; distinction, mark, name, figure; good -, high- repute; note, notability, notoriety, éclat, “the bubble reputation” [As You Like It], vogue, celebrity; fame, famousness; renown; popularity, aura popularis [L.]; approbation [See Approbation]; credit, succès d’estime [F.], prestige, talk of the town; name to conjure with. account, regard, respect; reputability [rare], reputableness &c. adj.; respectability (probity) [See Probity]; good -name, - report; fair name. DIGNITY; stateliness &c. adj.; solemnity, grandeur, splendor, nobility, majesty, sublimity; glory, honor; luster (light) [See Light]; illustriousness &c. adj. RANK, standing, brevet rank, precedence, pas [F.], station, place, status; position, - in society; order, degree, locus standi [L.], caste, condition. graduation, university degree, baccalaureate, doctorate, doctorship; scholarship, fellowship. EMINENCE; greatness &c. adj.; height [See Height]; importance [See Importance]; preëminence, supereminence; high mightiness, primacy; top of the -ladder, - tree; elevation; ascent [See Ascent]; superexaltation, exaltation, dignification [rare], aggrandizement; dedication, consecration, enthronement. CELEBRITY, worthy, hero, man of mark, great card, lion, rara avis [L.], notability, somebody; “the observed of all observers” [Hamlet]; classman; man of rank (nobleman) [See Nobility]; pillar of the -state, - church; “a mother in Israel” [Bible]. chief (master) [See Master]; first fiddle (proficient) [See Proficient]; scholar, savant [F.] [See Scholar]; cynosure, mirror; flower, pink, pearl; paragon (perfection) [See Perfection]; “the choice and master spirits of this age” [Julius Cæsar]; élite [F.]; star, sun, constellation, galaxy. ORNAMENT, honor, feather in one’s cap, halo, aureole, nimbus; halo -, blaze- of glory; “blushing honors” [Henry VIII]; laurels (trophy) [See Trophy]. POSTHUMOUS FAME, memory, niche in the temple of fame; celebration, canonization, enshrinement, glorification; immortality, immortal name; magni nominis umbra [Lucan]. |
| VERB: | GLORY IN; be conscious of glory; be proud of (pride) [See Pride]; exult (boast) [See Boasting]; be vain of (vanity) [See Vanity]. BE DISTINGUISHED &c. adj.; shine (light) [See Light]; shine forth, figure; cut a figure, cut a dash [colloq.], make a splash [colloq.]. SURPASS, outshine, outrival, outvie, outjump, eclipse; throw -, cast- into the shade; overshadow. RIVAL, emulate, vie with. GAIN or ACQUIRE HONOR &c. n.; live, flourish, glitter; flaunt; play first fiddle &c. (be of importance) [See Importance]; bear the -palm, - bell; lead the way, take precedence, take the wall of [obs.]; gain -, win- -laurels, - spurs, - golden opinions (approbation) [See Approbation]; graduate, take one’s degree, pass one’s examination; win a -scholarship, - fellowship. make -a, - some- -noise, - noise in the world; leave one’s mark, exalt one’s horn, star, have a run, be run after; be lionized, come into vogue, come to the front; raise one’s head. HONOR; give -, do -, pay -, render- honor to; accredit, pay regard to, dignify, glorify; sing praises to (approve) [See Approbation]; look up to; exalt, aggrandize, elevate, nobilitate [archaic]; 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 or reflect honor on &c. n.; shed a luster on; redound to one’s honor, ennoble. |
| ADJECTIVE: | DISTINGUISHED, distingué [F.], noted; of note &c. n.; honored &c. v.; popular; fashionable [See Fashion]; remarkable (important) [See Importance]; notable, notorious; celebrated, renowned, in every one’s mouth, talked of, famous, famed, far-famed; conspicuous, to the front; foremost; in the -front rank, - ascendant. in good odor; in favor, in high favor; reputable, respectable, creditable. IMPERISHABLE, deathless, immortal, never fading, fadeless, œre perennius [L.], time-honored. ILLUSTRIOUS, glorious, splendid, brilliant, radiant; bright [See Light]; full-blown; honorific. EMINENT, prominent; high [See Height]; in the zenith; at the -head of, - top of the tree; peerless, of the first water; superior [See Superiority]; supereminent, preëminent. 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 [F.]; sacrosanct. |
| INTERJECTION: | HAIL! all hail! ave! [L.], viva! [It.], vive! [F.], long life to! glory -, honor- be to! |
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