adj. having or conferring glory; "an illustrious achievement"

adj. having or worthy of pride; "redoubtable scholar of the Renaissance"; "born of a redoubtable family"

adj. widely known and esteemed; "a famous actor"; "a celebrated musician"; "a famed scientist"; "an illustrious judge"; "a notable historian"; "a renowned painter"

adj. worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect; "an honorable man"; "led an honorable life"; "honorable service to his country"

adj. (used of persons) standing above others in character or attainment or reputation; "our distinguished professor"

adj. characterized by extreme care and great effort; "conscientious application to the work at hand"; "painstaking research"; "scrupulous attention to details"

adj. having an illustrious past

adj. having an illustrious past

adj. (used of persons) standing above others in character or attainment or reputation; "our distinguished professor"

adj. worthy of notice; "a noteworthy advance in cancer research"

adj. celebrated in fable or legend; "the fabled Paul Bunyan and his blue ox"; "legendary exploits of Jesse James"

adj. extravagantly fanciful in design, construction, appearance; "Gaudi's fantastic architecture"

adj. having a good reputation; "a reputable business"; "a reputable scientist"; "a reputable wine"

adj. (of angles) pointing outward at an angle of less than 180 degrees

adj. greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement; "our greatest statesmen"; "the country's leading poet"; "a preeminent archeologist"

adj. having superior power and influence; "the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism"

adj. radically distinctive and without equal; "he is alone in the field of microbiology"; "this theory is altogether alone in its penetration of the problem"; "Bach was unique in his handling of counterpoint"; "craftsmen whose skill is unequaled"; "unparalleled athletic ability"; "a breakdown of law unparalleled in our history"

adj. eminent beyond or above comparison; "matchless beauty"; "the team's nonpareil center fielder"; "she's one girl in a million"; "the one and only Muhammad Ali"; "a peerless scholar"; "infamy unmatched in the Western world"; "wrote with unmatchable clarity"; "unrivaled mastery of her art"

adj. standing above others in quality or position; "people in high places"; "the high priest"; "eminent members of the community"

adj. conspicuous in position or importance; "a big figure in the movement"; "big man on campus"; "he's very large in financial circles"; "a prominent citizen"

adj. very offensive in smell or taste; "a rank cigar"

adj. (of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage; "patent ductus arteriosus"

adj. having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome; "a successful architect"; "a successful business venture"

adj. producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect; "an air-cooled motor was more effective than a witch's broomstick for rapid long-distance transportation"-LewisMumford; "effective teaching methods"; "effective steps toward peace"; "made an effective entrance"; "his complaint proved to be effectual in bringing action"; "an efficacious law"

adj. productive of profit; "a profitable enterprise"; "a fruitful meeting"

adj. productive or conducive to producing in abundance; "be fruitful and multiply"

adj. full of light; shining intensely; "a brilliant star"; "brilliant chandeliers"

adj. having an illustrious past

adj. lifted up or set high; "their hearts were jocund and sublime"- Milton

adj. having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride; "an arrogant official"; "arrogant claims"; "chesty as a peacock"

adj. feeling self-importance; "too big for his britches"; "had a swelled head"; "he was swelled with pride"

adj. (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant; "a snotty little scion of a degenerate family"-Laurent Le Sage; "they're snobs--stuck-up and uppity and persnickety"

adj. of or relating to or characteristic of self-aggrandizement

adj. having or showing self-esteem

adj. having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; "some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines"; "haughty aristocrats"; "his lordly manners were offensive"; "walked with a prideful swagger"; "very sniffy about breaches of etiquette"; "his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air"; "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer

adj. characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance; "a conceited fool"; "an attitude of self-conceited arrogance"; "an egotistical disregard of others"; "so swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty"; "growing ever more swollen-headed and arbitrary"; "vain about her clothes"

adj. occasioning pride; "a gratifying (or proud) achievement"

adj. proud of your house or its furnishings or upkeep

adj. excessively proud

adj. feeling pleasurable satisfaction over something by which you measures your self-worth; "proud of their child"

adj. proud or arrogant because of your wealth (especially in the absence of other distinction)

adj. trying to maintain dignity and self respect despite shabbiness

adj. fully understood or grasped; "dangers not yet appreciated"; "these apprehended truths"; "a thing comprehended is a thing known as fully as it can be known"

adj. most familiar or renowned; "Stevenson's best-known work is probably `Treasure Island'"

adj. more familiar or renowned than the other of two: "the better known book of the two"

adj. "the limits of the known world"

adj. having the identity known or established; "the identified bodies were released for burial"

adj. so celebrated as to having taken on the nature of a legend; "the legendary exploits of the arctic trailblazers"

adj. widely known and spoken of; "her proverbial lateness"; "the proverbial absentminded professor"; "your proverbial dizzy blonde"

adj. frequently experienced; known closely or intimately; "a long-familiar face"; "a well-known voice reached her ears"

adj. not known; "an unknown amount"; "an unknown island"; "an unknown writer"; "an unknown source"

adj. not famous or acclaimed; "an obscure family"; "unsung heroes of the war"

adj. having value that is not acknowledged

adj. impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses; "an imperceptible drop in temperature"; "an imperceptible nod"; "color is unperceivable to the touch"

adj. known widely and usually unfavorably; "a notorious gangster"; "the tenderloin district was notorious for vice"; "the infamous Benedict Arnold";