'Well-known' definitions:
Definition of 'well-known'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Widely or fully known; "a well-known politician"; "well- known facts"; "a politician who is well known"; "these facts are well known"
adjective
Frequently experienced; known closely or intimately; "a long- familiar face"; "a well-known voice reached her ears" [syn: long-familiar, well-known(a)]
Definition of 'Well-known'
From: GCIDE
- Well-known \Well"-known`\, a. Fully known; generally known or acknowledged. [1913 Webster]
- A church well known with a well-known rite. --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'well-known'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acclaimed,
- back-number,
- banal,
- bewhiskered,
- bromidic,
- celebrated,
- common,
- commonly known,
- commonplace,
- conspicuous,
- corny,
- current,
- cut-and-dried,
- distinguished,
- fabled,
- fade,
- famed,
- familiar,
- famous,
- far-famed,
- far-heard,
- fusty,
- hackney,
- hackneyed,
- honored,
- household,
- important,
- leading,
- legendary,
- marked,
- moth-eaten,
- much acclaimed,
- musty,
- mythical,
- notable,
- noted,
- notorious,
- of mark,
- of note,
- old hat,
- outstanding,
- platitudinous,
- popular,
- prominent,
- proverbial,
- public,
- renowned,
- set,
- square,
- stale,
- stereotyped,
- stock,
- talked-about,
- talked-of,
- threadbare,
- timeworn,
- trite,
- truistic,
- universally admitted,
- universally recognized,
- unoriginal,
- warmed-over,
- well-kenned,
- well-recognized,
- well-understood,
- well-worn,
- widely known,
- worn,
- worn thin