NOTORIETIES Synonyms: 96 Similar and Opposite Words

notorieties

noun

plural of notoriety

as in celebrities

a person who is widely known and usually much talked about a television show featuring a rogues' gallery of notorieties from 20 years of overhyped scandals

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as in fames

the fact or state of being known to the public a lawyer of notoriety for the huge awards he's won in medical malpractice cases

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Noun

For all of this and more, multi-generational families, married couples celebrating milestone anniversaries, and celebrities looking for privacy and discretion flock here.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Chaos unfolds as 24 celebrities head to a lakeside cabin to compete in a lineup of bonkers challenges.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026

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Noun

The report singles out Japan, women’s competitions and homegrown stars as the areas most likely to draw competing bids.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
Eight years after Crazy Rich Asians made history as the first film by a major Hollywood studio to feature an all-Asian cast, the movie’s stars are reprising their roles for a series heading to HBO.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2026

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The businesses that answer that first, and build the visible layer on top of it, are the ones whose reputations last.

— Sophie Attwood, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Such arrests have profound impacts on the lives and reputations of those falsely accused and take valuable resources away from prosecuting actual perpetrators.

— Kate Payne, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of reputations

Noun

The Justice Department also says Beijing is determined to sway American public opinion in its favor by cultivating relationships with political figures seen as having access to the levers of power.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
Forty-five percent of adults 30 to 44 say the same; both figures have declined in the years since the COVID-19 pandemic.

— Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2026

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