Collocations for "famous"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "famous" in context.
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famous
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- a famous [star, celebrity, player, singer, actor, actress, writer]
- famous [works, songs, quotes, inventions, figures]
- a famous [landmark, building, market, tourist attraction]
- famous for his [mustache, generosity, work, fight]
- famous for [being, having, speaking, doing, making]
- famous for [being famous, doing nothing]
- famous in [the USA, Europe, Asia]
- famous all [around, over] the [country, city, continent, state, world]
- famous for [a while, years, 15 minutes]
- [barely, hardly, quite, very, really] famous
- [wants, will soon] be famous
- the [song, version, image, speech] made famous by
- [autographs, paraphernalia, heirlooms, possessions] of famous people
- famous and [rich, influential, popular]
- a famous example of
- famous last words!
'famous' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
desire
- star
- fifteen
- author
- birthday
- brand
- building
- child
- director
- fancy
- France
- Germany
- home
- writer
- son
- sight
- scheme
- right
- rich
- quote
- potential
- past
- painting
- painter
- bass
- auction
- card
- cookie
- grocery
- guitar
- recording
- cartoon
- chef
- chief
- Chinese
- commercial
- con
- craving
- don
- Dutch
- Japanese
- landmark
- lifestyle
- longing
- manufacture
- Mexican
- Mexico
- Morocco
- remark
- retailer