I. adjective
1.
Synonyms: noteworthy , ||bodacious, memorable, nameable, observable, red-letter, rubric
2.
Synonyms: famous 2, celebrated, celebrious, distinguished, eminent, famed, great, illustrious, prominent, renowned
II. noun
1.
a person of consequence or prominence
notables of Congress and the diplomatic corps
Synonyms: big, big boy, ||big bug, ||big cheese, ||big chief, ||biggie, big gun, ||big noise, big shot, big-timer, ||big wheel, bigwig, character, chief, dignitary, eminence, ||fat cat, great gun, heavy, heavyweight, high-muck-a-muck, leader, lion, luminary, muckamuck, mugwump, nabob, nawob, notability, personage, personality, pooh-bah, pot, somebody, VIP
Related Word: figure; baron, czar, king, magnate, mogul, prince; light, star; power
Idioms: big-time operator, his nibs, Mr. Big
Contrasted words: cipher, nobody, nonentity; functionary, underling
2.
Synonyms: celebrity 2, big name, ||celeb, luminary, name, notability, somebody,