Celebrity
Celebrity noun - A person who is widely known and usually much talked about.
Usage example: celebrities from sports and entertainment attended the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games
Hero is a synonym for celebrity in knowledge topic. In some cases you can use "Hero" instead a noun "Celebrity", when it comes to topics like dignitary.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| old | old celebrity | old hero |
| female | female celebrity | female hero |
| original | original celebrity | original hero |
| handsome | handsome celebrity | handsome hero |
| Other adjectives: dead, single, popular, dashing, powerful, actual, real, male, black, young, famous, new, major, national, former, last, different, local, historical, favorite. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- Quite often, a character will end up idealized when he becomes acknowledged as a celebrity or a hero.
Source: No Hero to His Valet -
One episode of Danny Phantom focused on this when Danny Phantom (by this point, a well known hero and celebrity) is on the run from screaming teenage fans; most of which come from his own school.
Source: Groupie Brigade -
Now, he has the option of gunning down Harley (And Poison Ivy and Catwoman) in the back as they flee and claiming self-defense, or gunning down the attacking zeppelin and becoming an even bigger hero and celebrity to Gotham.
Source: Villain with Good Publicity
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Hero and Celebrity. (2016). Retrieved 2025, March 12, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/celebrity/hero
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