请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 notable
释义

notable

[ noh-tuh-buhl ]
/ ˈnoʊ tə bəl /
SEE SYNONYMS FOR notable ON THESAURUS.COM

adjective

worthy of note or notice; noteworthy: a notable success; a notable theory.
prominent, important, or distinguished: many notable artists.
Archaic. capable, thrifty, and industrious.

noun

a prominent, distinguished, or important person.
(usually initial capital letter)French History.
  1. one of a number of prominent men, usually of the aristocracy, called by the king on extraordinary occasions.
  2. Notables, Also called Assembly of the Notables. an assembly of high-ranking nobles, ecclesiastics, and state functionaries having deliberative but not legislative or administrative powers, convoked by the king principally in 1554, 1786, and 1788, in the lattermost year to establish the manner for selecting the States-General.
Obsolete. a notable fact or thing.

Origin of notable

1300–50; Middle English notab(i)le<Latin notābilis.See note, -able

SYNONYMS FOR notable

1, 2 conspicuous, memorable, great, remarkable, noticeable, noted, outstanding, unusual, uncommon, eminent.
2 celebrated, famous.
SEE SYNONYMS FOR notable ON THESAURUS.COM

ANTONYMS FOR notable

1 ordinary.
2 unknown.
SEE ANTONYMS FOR notable ON THESAURUS.COM

OTHER WORDS FROM notable

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH notable

notable , noteworthy, noticeable

Words nearby notable

not a bad sort, nota bene, notabilia, notability, not a bit, notable, notably, not about to, not a Chinaman's chance, not a hope in hell, notaire
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for notable

British Dictionary definitions for notable

notable
/ (ˈnəʊtəbəl) /

adjective

worthy of being noted or remembered; remarkable; distinguished

noun

a notable person

Derived forms of notable

notableness, noun

Word Origin for notable

C14: via Old French from Latin notābilis, from notāre to note
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with notable

not able

see under can't or under main phrase.

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
随便看

 

英语词典包含192737条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/1/24 6:30:49