Meanings
comparative more prestigious · superlative most prestigious · alternative præstigious
- Of high prestige.
She has a prestigious job with an international organization.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveexerting influence by reason of high status or prestige
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinpraestigiosus“full of tricks”
- Englishprestigious
Attested since the 1540s; Latin praestigiosus (“full of tricks”), praestigiae (“juggler's tricks”), possibly an alteration of praestringō (“to blindfold, to dazzle”), from prae- (“before”) with stringō (“to bind or tie”); equivalent to prestige + -ious. Unstressed /ɛ/ is retained by analogy with prestige.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic ذُو مَقَام
- ذُو مَقَام (ḏū maqām)of high prestige
Bulgarian престижен
- престижен (prestižen)of high prestige
Catalan prestigiós
- prestigiósof high prestige
Chinese Mandarin 久负盛名, 享有声望的
- 久负盛名 (jiǔfùshèngmíng)of high prestige
- 享有声望的of high prestige
- 顯赫 /显赫 (xiǎnhè)of high prestige
Czech prestižní
- prestižníof high prestige
Dutch prestigieus
- prestigieusof high prestige
Esperanto prestiĝa
- prestiĝaof high prestige
Finnish maineikas, arvovaltainen
- maineikasof high prestige
- arvovaltainenof high prestige
French prestigieux
- prestigieuxof high prestige
German hoch angesehen, prestigeträchtig
- hoch angesehenof high prestige
- prestigeträchtigof high prestige
- repräsentativof high prestige
- herrschaftlichof high prestige
Indonesian prestisius
- prestisiusof high prestige
Italian prestigioso
- prestigiosoof high prestige
Malay berprestij
- berprestijof high prestige
Polish prestiżowy
- prestiżowyof high prestige
Portuguese prestigioso
- prestigiosoof high prestige
Russian прести́жный
- прести́жный (prestížnyj)of high prestige
Spanish prestigioso
- prestigiosoof high prestige
Swedish prestigefull, prestigefylld
- prestigefullof high prestige
- prestigefylldof high prestige
Ukrainian прести́жний
- прести́жний (prestýžnyj)of high prestige
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with prestigious
All rhymes →Cite this entry
prestigious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prestigious
“prestigious.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prestigious. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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