Definition of NOTABLE

notable

Plural: notables

Noun

  • A person who is famous or important for their achievements.
  • a celebrity who is an inspiration to others
  • A person or thing of distinction.

Adjective Satellite

  • worthy of notice
  • widely known and esteemed
    • "a notable historian"

Adj

  • Worthy of note; remarkable; memorable; noted or distinguished.
  • Easily noted (without connotations of value); clearly noticeable, conspicuous.
  • That can be observed; perceptible.
  • Industrious, energetic; (specifically) (usually of a woman) capable, efficient in household management.
  • Useful; profitable.

Examples

  • The Scrabble tournament was attended by many notables in the word game community.

Origin / Etymology

Inherited from Middle English notable (“worthy of note, profitable, useful”), in some senses from Anglo-Norman notable (“noteworthy”), from Latin notābilis (“noteworthy, extraordinary”), from notō (“to note, mark”); in some senses from Middle English note (“benefit, profit, use, advantage”), from Old English notu (“t-use, profit, advantage, employment”) + -able; equivalent to note + -able. Compare English noteful (“useful”).

Synonyms

celebrated, famed, famous, far-famed, guiding light, illustrious, leading light, luminary, notability, noted, noteworthy, renowned, apparent, arrant, bait, blatant, clear, clear as a bell, clear as day, clear cut, crystal clear, cut and dried, decided, distinguished, elucidate, eminent, evident, eyely, forestanding, glaring, intuitive, manifest, markworthy, mentionable, nameable, namely, nameworthy, notable, noticeable, observable, obvious, open-and-shut, ostensible, outstanding, palpable, pass-remarkable, patent, plain, plain as Dunstable highway, plain as Salisbury, plain as a haystack, plain as a pikestaff, plain as day, plain as porridge, plain as print, plain as the nose on one's face, ponderable, prima facie, prominent, remarkable, res ipsa loquitur, signal, sovereign, straightforward, undissembled, undoubted

Scrabble Score: 9

notable: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
notable: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
notable: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

notable: valid Words With Friends Word