celebrated Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb behave as expected during of holidays or rites
observe; celebrate; keep.
- Keep the commandments
- celebrate Christmas
- Observe Yom Kippur
verb have a celebration
fete; celebrate.
- They were feting the patriarch of the family
- After the exam, the students were celebrating
verb assign great social importance to
lionize; lionise; celebrate.
- The film director was celebrated all over Hollywood
- The tenor was lionized in Vienna
adjective satellite widely known and esteemed
renowned; illustrious; famed; notable; noted; famous; far-famed.
- a famous actor
- a celebrated musician
- a famed scientist
- an illustrious judge
- a notable historian
- a renowned painter
adjective satellite having an illustrious past
historied; storied.

Having celebrity; distinguished; renowned.
Celebrated for the politeness of his manners. Macaulay.
Syn. -- Distinguished; famous; noted; famed; renowned; illustrious. See Distinguished.