Meanings
plural halls of fame · alternative HoF
- capitalizedoftenusuallyhobbiesA structure housing memorials to famous or illustrious individuals (especially ones of importance to some field), often containing a collection of memorabilia relating to them.
- capitalizedusuallyA group, sometimes formal, of the famed or illustrious in a given field.
He was inducted into the Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame.
- video gamesA high-score table.
[…] hanging out with Dave instead down at the video arcades in Houndsfield Street, spending our pocket money on rubbing out each other's names from the Space Invaders' Hall of Fame.
2013, Emlyn Rees, Josie Lloyd, The Boy Next Door, page 1001 more example
Scoring is by time taken, percentage of quest completed and charms collected with an overall rating offered. As in Underwurlde there is no Hall of Fame, largely due to the size of the program.
1985, Knight Lore (video game review in Crash issue 12)
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
Bengali শহরতের দালান
- শহরতের দালান (śohroter dalan)hall which honors people of great importance to some field
Chinese Mandarin 光榮榜 /光荣榜
- 光榮榜 /光荣榜 (guāngróngbǎng)hall which honors people of great importance to some field
Dutch zaal van bekendheid
- zaal van bekendheidhall which honors people of great importance to some field
Finnish kunniagalleria
- kunniagalleriahall which honors people of great importance to some field
French temple de la renommée, panthéon
- temple de la renomméehall which honors people of great importance to some field
- panthéonhall which honors people of great importance to some field
German Ruhmeshalle, Hall of Fame
- Ruhmeshallehall which honors people of great importance to some field
- Hall of Famehall which honors people of great importance to some field
Greek αίθουσα της φήμης
- αίθουσα της φήμης (aíthousa tis fímis)hall which honors people of great importance to some field
Hungarian hírességek csarnoka
- hírességek csarnokahall which honors people of great importance to some field
Indonesian aula kehormatan
- aula kehormatanhall which honors people of great importance to some field
Italian albo d'onore
- albo d'onorehall which honors people of great importance to some field
Japanese 殿堂
- 殿堂 (dendō)hall which honors people of great importance to some field
Korean 명예의 전당
- 명예의 전당 (myeong'yeui jeondang)hall which honors people of great importance to some field
Malay balai kemasyhuran, dewan masyhur
- balai kemasyhuranhall which honors people of great importance to some field
- dewan masyhurhall which honors people of great importance to some field
Polish galeria sław
- galeria sławhall which honors people of great importance to some field
Portuguese hall da fama
- hall da famahall which honors people of great importance to some field
Russian за́ла славы
- за́ла славы (zála slavy)hall which honors people of great importance to some field
Spanish salón de la fama
- salón de la famahall which honors people of great importance to some field
Vietnamese đại sảnh danh vọng
- đại sảnh danh vọnghall which honors people of great importance to some field
Cite this entry
hall of fame. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hall%20of%20fame
“hall of fame.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hall%20of%20fame. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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