NOTABLENESS Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

notableness

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as in greatness

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Noun

With her solo career, Jade has pushed harder than ever before, fueled by an insatiable hunger for true pop greatness.

— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2026
The age of giants has passed; the years of greatness are fled.

— Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of greatness

Noun

Yet the major takeaway from this season is arguably the humbling of Diana Taverner, whose ascendancy to First Desk resulted in some growing pains, to say the least.

— Scott Tobias, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2026
The liberal ascendancy that followed the American triumph in the Cold War—with the subsequent expansion of both democracy and free markets—is now over.

— Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of ascendancy

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During the Cold War, Washington cast itself as the defender of the free world against totalitarian domination; Moscow portrayed itself as the patron of national liberation against Western colonialism.

— NIALL FERGUSON, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026
At the Orange County cross-country championships, Trabuco Hills won the boys title and JSerra continued its domination in girls.

— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of domination

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Amid complaints of too many tourists and bad behavior, which have led to clashes between residents and visitors, Shibuya’s local government has been trying to change the district’s fashionable reputation.

— Lilit Marcus, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2026
The Cubs’ reputation as lovable losers was well-earned after 37 years without a National League pennant and 74 years removed from their last World Series title.

— Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of reputation

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The un-understandable which has dominion over our meat likewise has dominion over our machines.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2026
In the past, the principal solvent of Europe’s imperial dominions was the growing reluctance of people in the metropole to bear the financial and military burden.

— NIALL FERGUSON, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of dominion

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Years of political turmoil, corruption and the ascendance of a deadly gang coalition are suffocating Haiti’s capital city.

— Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
Advertisement The ascendance of immigration—and, with it, race and culture—as the central political concern on both sides of the Atlantic suggests that decolonization has displaced the war in the historical imagination.

— Faisal Devji, Time, 11 Sep. 2026

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