Meanings
adjectivedistinguished (comparative more distinguished, superlative most distinguished)
comparative more distinguished · superlative most distinguished
- Celebrated, well-known or eminent because of achievements or rank; prestigious.
The lecture was attended by many distinguished mathematicians.
Synonyms: eminent, exceptional, remarkable, bait, fabled, famed, famous, famoused · Antonyms: despised, disrespected, mediocre
- Having a dignified appearance or demeanor.
Her father was a distinguished gentleman, albeit a poor one.
Synonyms: grand, imposing, sophisticated
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of distinguish
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveCelebrated, well-known or eminent because of achievements or rank; prestigious.
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Opposite
adjectiveHaving a dignified appearance or demeanor.
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More synonyms by meaning
adjective(used of persons) standing above others in character or attainment or reputation
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importantof import
adjectiveused of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek ὑπέροχος
- ὑπέροχος (hupérokhos)celebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious
Arabic مُمَيَّز, مُمْتَاز
- مُمَيَّز (mumayyaz)celebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious
- مُمْتَاز (mumtāz)celebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious
- بَارِز (bāriz)celebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious
- شَهِير (šahīr)celebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious
- أَنِيق (ʔanīq)having a dignified appearance or demeanor
Bulgarian виден, изтъкнат
- виден (viden)celebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious
- изтъкнат (iztăknat)celebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious
Catalan distingit, distingit
- distingitcelebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious
- distingithaving a dignified appearance or demeanor
Chinese Mandarin 卓著, 顯赫 /显赫
- 卓著 (zhuózhù)celebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious
- 顯赫 /显赫 (xiǎnhè)celebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious
- 卓越 (zhuóyuè)celebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious
- 儀表堂堂 /仪表堂堂 (yíbiǎo tángtáng)having a dignified appearance or demeanor
- 雍容華貴 /雍容华贵having a dignified appearance or demeanor
- 特殊的 (tèshū de)mathematics: specified, noted
- 標誌的 /标志的 (biāozhì de)mathematics: specified, noted
Czech význačný, vynikající
- význačnýcelebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious
- vynikajícícelebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious
- uznávanýcelebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious
Danish anset, fremtrædende
- ansetcelebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious
- fremtrædendecelebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious
- distingverethaving a dignified appearance or demeanor
Dutch voortreffelijk, eminent
- voortreffelijkcelebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious
- eminentcelebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious
- voornaamcelebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious
Finnish tunnettu, arvostettu
- tunnettucelebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious
- arvostettucelebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious
- kunnianarvoisahaving a dignified appearance or demeanor
- erikois-mathematics: specified, noted
French distingué, distingué
- distinguécelebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious
- distinguéhaving a dignified appearance or demeanor
German bedeutend, hervorragend
- bedeutendcelebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious
- hervorragendcelebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious
- vornehmhaving a dignified appearance or demeanor
- distinguierthaving a dignified appearance or demeanor
Hindi विशिष्ट
- विशिष्ट (viśiṣṭ)celebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious
Italian emerito, distinto
- emeritocelebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious
- distintocelebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious
- distintomathematics: specified, noted
Japanese 非凡な, 特異な
- 非凡な (hibon na)celebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious
- 特異な (tokui na)celebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious
- 傑出した (kesshutsu shita)celebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious
Latin ēgregius, amplus
- ēgregiuscelebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious
- ampluscelebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious
- notātuscelebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious
Māori taiea, kairangatira
- taieacelebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious
- kairangatiracelebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious
- ahureicelebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious
- matararahicelebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious
- amarucelebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious
- amaruhaving a dignified appearance or demeanor
- taieahaving a dignified appearance or demeanor
Norwegian Bokmål fornem
- fornemhaving a dignified appearance or demeanor
Polish wybitny, dystyngowany
- wybitnycelebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious
- dystyngowanyhaving a dignified appearance or demeanor
- wyróżnionymathematics: specified, noted
Portuguese distinto
- distintocelebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious
Romanian distinct, distinct
- distinctcelebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious
- distincthaving a dignified appearance or demeanor
Russian ви́дный, выдаю́щийся
- ви́дный (vídnyj)celebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious
- выдаю́щийся (vydajúščijsja)celebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious
- имени́тый (imenítyj)celebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious
- за́данный (zádannyj)mathematics: specified, noted
Scottish Gaelic cliùiteach
- cliùiteachcelebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious
Spanish distinguido, distinguido
- distinguidocelebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements; prestigious
- distinguidohaving a dignified appearance or demeanor
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