Noun: celebrity su'leb-ri-tee
- A widely known person
"he was a baseball celebrity";
- famous person, celeb [informal]
- The state of being well-known and much spoken about; the quality of being famous
"The scientist's groundbreaking research brought her international celebrity";
- fame, renown
Derived forms: celebrities
Type of: honor [US], honour [Brit, Cdn], important person, influential person, laurels, personage
Antonym: infamy
Encyclopedia: Celebrity