notableadjective
uk/ˈnəʊ.tə.bəl/us/ˈnoʊ.t̬ə.bəl/C1 important and deserving attention, because of being very good or interesting:
a notable collection of rare plants
Getting both sides to agree was a notable achievement.
This attractive building is particularly notable for its woodland setting.
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- Sydney Smith, a notable wit, once remarked that he never read a book before he reviewed it because it might prejudice his opinion of it.
- The library houses a notable collection of rare manuscripts.
- The renaissance was notable for the spread of learning outside the university.
- He was credited with making a notable contribution to the peace process.
- "Hamlet" and "Macbeth" are among Shakespeare's most notable works.
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Very important or urgent
- all-important
- arch
- at all cost(s) idiom
- be a matter of life and/or death idiom
- burning
- chief
- considerable
- critical
- major league
- make the world go around/round idiom
- materially
- minor league
- mission-critical
- radical
- sacred
- salient
- serious
- seriously
- substantial
- substantially
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notablenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈnəʊ.tə.bəl/us/ˈnoʊ.t̬ə.bəl/literaryan important or famous person:
Other notables among his pupils were the kings of Saudi Arabia and Thailand.
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Important people and describing important people
- august
- baron
- be the cat's whiskers idiom
- big fish/gun/noise/shot/wheel idiom
- big hitter
- fat cat
- high up
- high-level
- high-powered
- high-ranking
- honcho
- kingpin
- mogul
- personage
- superior
- superiority
- the big boys
- the bigger they are, the harder they fall idiom
- the grand old man of sth idiom
- the great and the good idiom
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