Synonyms of famednext
: known widely and well : famous

Examples of famed in a Sentence

a bowl of the restaurant's famed chili San Francisco's famed Golden Gate Bridge.
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The journey began in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where Doocy explored local attractions, met with artists and highlighted the city’s deep ties to the famed route. Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026 Seventy-seven years ago, famed architects and furniture designers Ray and Charles Eames, came up with a modernist blueprint for a system composed of inexpensive and off-the-shelf materials from industrial and commercial catalogs that could be easily assembled. Vanessa Romo, NPR, 27 Apr. 2026 Marvel Comics announced the death of its famed writer and former editor-in-chief on Monday. Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2026 Centuries after the fall of the Roman Empire, Verona was ruled by the della Scala (Scaliger) family, under whose reign the fictional Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fell in love and met their tragic ends in Shakespeare’s famed play. Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 27 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for famed

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1533, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of famed was circa 1533

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“Famed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/famed. Accessed 1 May. 2026.

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