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- pronunciation:
- ih
luh
stri
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
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adjective |
| definition: |
highly renowned; celebrated; glorious.
He didn't dare follow in the footsteps of his illustrious father, as he was sure he would never measure up.Her illustrious career as a judge is detailed in her biography.- synonyms:
- acclaimed, celebrated, distinguished, eminent, esteemed, famous, glorious, honored, notable, prominent, renowned, venerated
- antonyms:
- infamous
- similar words:
- conspicuous, exalted, grand, great, noted, respected, touted, well-known
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| related words: |
brilliant, considerable, eminent, memorable, preeminent, prominent |
adverb + (adj.)illustrious
most
(adj.)illustrious
+ noun
ancestor,
career,
count,
family,
forebear,
founder,
genealogy,
graduate,
guest,
hero,
history,
list,
name,
panel,
past,
poet,
predecessor,
provenance,
teammate,
tradition,
visitor
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| derivations: |
illustriously (adv.), illustriousness (n.) |
The word illustrious
contains the following parts:
lustr
Latin
root
that means shine
  Example words:
-ous, -ious
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means full of, characterized by
More about this word part:
The suffix "-ous
, -ious
" attaches to Latin, Greek, and native English roots
Example words:
adventurous, ambiguous, amorous, amorphous, anadromous, androgynous, anomalous, apetalous, apocarpous, apterous, aqueous, atrocious, auspicious, avaricious, azygous, captious, carnivorous, chromous, coterminous, covetous, curious, delicious, diadromous, diaphanous, dicephalous, dioecious, disingenuous, egregious, endogenous, enormous, epigynous, euphonious, extemporaneous, ferocious, fortuitous, generous, glorious, gracious, gregarious, heterogamous, heterogeneous, homogeneous, homogenous, homologous, homopterous, hydrous, hypogynous, illustrious, impecunious, impervious, incommodious, incongruous, inconspicuous, indecorous, infamous, infelicitous, innocuous, intravenous, isogenous, isomerous, joyous, judicious, laborious, ludicrous, lustrous, magnanimous, malicious, malodorous, monoclinous, monoecious, multiparous, nauseous, perigynous, poisonous, porous, precious, quadrumanous, ramous, rebellious, spacious, subaqueous, synchronous, tubuliflorous, unanimous, valorous, vicious, wondrous, xerophilous
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