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renown

1 of 2

noun

re·​nown ri-ˈnau̇n How to pronounce renown (audio)
1
: a state of being widely acclaimed and highly honored : fame
2
obsolete : report, rumor

renown

2 of 2

verb

renowned; renowning; renowns

transitive verb

: to give renown to

Synonyms

Example Sentences

Noun He achieved great renown for his discoveries. Her photographs have earned her international renown.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
There aren’t a lot of comparable situations where a city has a artist of some renown has anchored a residency for such a long period of time, or even for very long at all, in recent years. Chris Willman, Variety, 28 Aug. 2022 Playing off the connotations of Costner’s many western portrayals, Cheney co-opted the actor’s renown and put his reputation in jeopardy. Armond White, National Review, 12 Aug. 2022 Throughout her lifetime, Edmonia Lewis, born in 1844 to parents with Black and Native American ancestry, broke barriers to achieve widespread renown as a talented sculptor. Lucia Cheng, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 July 2022 Some people achieve a quiet renown by giving their names to innovations that improve the quality of our lives. Gregg Opelka, WSJ, 18 July 2022 Founded in 1904, the Spanish automotive engineering company known as Hispano Suiza gained renown as a maker of luxurious, high-performance cars under the direction of Swiss engineer Marc Birkigt. Robert Ross, Robb Report, 27 June 2022 Westside attained renown for its passionate culture of competition, and for rivalries among members that weren’t always settled with weights. Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2022 Notwithstanding Jacob’s renown, swagger and pep talks to the crew about the glory of the hunter’s life, his ambivalence creeps into nearly every exchange. Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 July 2022 The trajectory that took Melville from youthful celebrity to total obscurity to, finally, posthumous renown as the author of the greatest of all American novels has become the stuff of legend, a parable about the mercurial ways of literary fortune. Sam Sacks, WSJ, 26 May 2022
Verb
The collective included a handful of hardware, software and wireless tinkerers who won renown for issuing public warnings about security flaws in programs. Joseph Menn, Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2022 Historically, the village was renown for its iris production whose scent was prized at the court of Catherine de’ Medici. Cathy Huyghe, Forbes, 22 June 2022 Tel, Aviv, the coastal city in Israel, is world-renown for its nightlife, beautiful beaches, and having more Bauhaus-style buildings than any other city. Tre'vaughn Howard, CBS News, 2 July 2022 His future in question, the man, an unabashed erotic exhibitionist, has attracted renown in a country where fame is usually reserved for government ministers and top badminton players. Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2022 KemperSports is renown for its expertise from the high-end resorts to municipal golf courses and lots of things in-between. Myrna Petlicki, chicagotribune.com, 8 Mar. 2022 Pop music critics and historians, who were and often still are white men, are renown for dismissing women like Houston who don’t write their own music. Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2022 Iwanami Hall is renown for importing and screening award-winning foreign-language titles, hard to find Japanese films, and for helping to kick off a boom in single-screen and mini theaters in the Japanese capital. Patrick Frater, Variety, 12 Jan. 2022 Cornel West has achieved renown as a professor, philosopher, historian, intellectual and political activist. NBC News, 29 Dec. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English renoun, from Anglo-French renum, renoun, from renomer to report, speak of, from re- + nomer to name, from Latin nominare, from nomin-, nomen name — more at name

First Known Use

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of renown was in the 14th century

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