Roget's Thesaurus eBook

Peter Roget
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 925 pages of information about Roget's Thesaurus.

Roget's Thesaurus eBook

Peter Roget
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 925 pages of information about Roget's Thesaurus.
feather in one’s cap, halo, aureole, nimbus; halo of glory, blaze of glory, blushing honors; laurels &c. (trophy) 733.
     memory, posthumous fame, niche in the temple of fame; immortality,
immortal name; magni nominis umbra [Lat][Lucan]. 
     V. be conscious of glory; be proud of &c. (pride) 878; exult &c.
(boast) 884; be vain of &c. (vanity) 880.

     be distinguished &c. adj.; shine &c. (light) 420; shine forth, figure;
cut a figure, make a dash, make a splash. rival, surpass; outshine, outrival, outvie[obs3], outjump; emulate, eclipse; throw into the shade, cast into the shade; overshadow.
     live, flourish, glitter, flaunt, gain honor, acquire honor &c. n.;
play first fiddle &c. (be of importance) 642, bear the palm, bear the bell; lead the way; take precedence, take the wall of; gain laurels, win laurels, gain spurs, gain golden opinions &c. (approbation) 931; take one’s degree, pass one’s examination.
     make a noise, make some noise, make a noise in the world; leave one’s
mark, exalt one’s horn, blow one’s horn, star it, have a run, be run after; come into vogue, come to the front; raise one’s head.
     enthrone, signalize, immortalize, deify, exalt to the skies; hand
one’s name down to posterity.
     consecrate; dedicate to, devote to; enshrine, inscribe, blazon,
lionize, blow the trumpet, crown with laurel.
     confer honor on, reflect honor on &c. v.; shed a luster on;
redound to one’s honor, ennoble.
     give honor to, do honor to, pay honor to, render honor to; honor,
accredit, pay regard to, dignify, glorify; sing praises to &c. (approve) 931; lock up to; exalt, aggrandize, elevate, nobilitate[Lat]. 
     Adj. distinguished, distingue[Fr], noted; of note &c. n.; honored &c.
v.; popular; fashionable &c. 852.
     in good odor in; favor, in high favor; reputable, respectable,
creditable.
     remarkable &c. (important) 642; notable, notorious; celebrated,
renowned, ion every one’s mouth, talked of; famous, famed; far-famed; conspicuous, to the front; foremost; in the front rank, in the ascendant.
     imperishable, deathless, immortal, never fading, aere
perennius[Lat][obs3]; time honored.
     illustrious, glorious, splendid, brilliant, radiant; bright &c. 420;
full-blown; honorific.
     eminent, prominent; high &c. 206; in the zenith; at the head of, at
the top of the tree; peerless, of the first water.; superior &c. 33; supereminent, preeminent.
     great, dignified, proud, noble, honorable, worshipful, lordly, grand,
stately, august, princely. imposing, solemn, transcendent, majestic, sacred, sublime, heaven-born, heroic, sans peur et sans reproche[Fr]; sacrosanct. 
     Int. hail! all hail! ave! viva! vive[Fr]! long life to! banzai![Jap.];
glory be to, honor be to? 
     Phr. one’s name being in every mouth, one’s name living for ever; sic
itur ad astra[Lat], fama volat[Lat], aut Caesar aut

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