'Notable' definitions:
Definition of 'notable'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Worthy of notice; "a noteworthy advance in cancer research" [syn: noteworthy, notable]
adjective
Widely known and esteemed; "a famous actor"; "a celebrated musician"; "a famed scientist"; "an illustrious judge"; "a notable historian"; "a renowned painter" [syn: celebrated, famed, far-famed, famous, illustrious, notable, noted, renowned]
noun
A celebrity who is an inspiration to others; "he was host to a large gathering of luminaries" [syn: luminary, leading light, guiding light, notable, notability]
Definition of 'Notable'
From: GCIDE
- Notable \Not"a*ble\, a. [F. notable, L. notabilis, fr. notare to mark, nota mark, note. See 5th Note.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Capable of being noted; noticeable; plain; evident. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Worthy of notice; remarkable; memorable; noted or distinguished; as, a notable event, person. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Notable in the sense of careful, thrifty, characterized by thrift and capacity (as, a notable housekeeper) is pronounced by many good orthoepists, n[o^]t"[.a]*b'l, the derivatives notableness, and notably, being also similarly pronounced with short o in the first syllable. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Well-known; notorious. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Notable'
From: GCIDE
- Notable \Not"a*ble\ (n[=o]t"[.a]*b'l), n.
- 1. A person, or thing, of distinction. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (French Hist.) One of a number of persons, before the revolution of 1789, chiefly of the higher orders, appointed by the king to constitute a representative body. [1913 Webster]