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Fame

Public report or rumor.

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Honor 76% connected

Esteem due or paid to worth; high estimation; respect; consideration; reverence; veneration; manifestation of respect or reverence.

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Honour 76% connected

a woman's virtue or chastity

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Reputation 76% connected

The estimation in which one is held; character in public opinion; the character attributed to a person, thing, or action; repute.

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Repute 76% connected

To hold in thought; to account; to estimate; to hold; to think; to reckon.

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Celebrity 92% connected

Celebration; solemnization.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Renown 92% connected

The state of being much known and talked of; exalted reputation derived from the extensive praise of great achievements or accomplishments; fame; cel…

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Infamy 94% connected

Total loss of reputation; public disgrace; dishonor; ignominy; indignity.

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Infamy 94% connected

Total loss of reputation; public disgrace; dishonor; ignominy; indignity.

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Afloat adv. & a. · 78% connection

Moving; passing from place to place; in general circulation; as, a rumor is afloat.

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Ban noun · 78% connection

A public proclamation or edict; a public order or notice, mandatory or prohibitory; a summons by public proclamation.

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Broadcast verb · 78% connection

cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"

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Bruit noun · 78% connection

Report; rumor; fame.

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Canard noun · 78% connection

An extravagant or absurd report or story; a fabricated sensational report or statement; esp. one set afloat in the newspapers to hoax…

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Circularise verb · 78% connection

cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"

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Circularize verb · 78% connection

cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"

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Circulate verb · 78% connection

cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"

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Common nuisance noun · 78% connection

a nuisance that unreasonably interferes with a right that is common to the general public; "a public nuisance offends the public at la…

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Confirm verb · 78% connection

To give new assurance of the truth of; to render certain; to verify; to corroborate; as, to confirm a rumor.

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Diffuse verb · 78% connection

cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"

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Disperse verb · 78% connection

cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"

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Famous adjective · 78% connection

Celebrated in fame or public report; renowned; mach talked of; distinguished in story; -- used in either a good or a bad sense, chiefl…

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Fly verb · 78% connection

To move or pass swiftly; to hasten away; to circulate rapidly; as, a ship flies on the deep; a top flies around; rumor flies.

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Gossip noun · 78% connection

The tattle of a gossip; groundless rumor.

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Hearsay noun · 78% connection

Report; rumor; fame; common talk; something heard from another.

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Indorsement noun · 78% connection

Sanction, support, or approval; as, the indorsement of a rumor, an opinion, a course, conduct.

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Liturgy adjective · 78% connection

An established formula for public worship, or the entire ritual for public worship in a church which uses prescribed forms; a formular…

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