distinguished

1. 1.

   (used of persons) standing above others in character or attainment or reputation

   “our distinguished professor”

   Similarimportant
2. 2.

   used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person

   “his distinguished bearing”

   “the monarch's imposing presence”

   “she reigned in magisterial beauty”

   Synonymsgrandimposingmagisterial

   Similardignified

Questions about distinguished

What does distinguished mean?

distinguished means "(used of persons) standing above others in character or attainment or reputation". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in distinguished?

distinguished has 3 syllables: distin-guis-hed. The stress falls on "guis". In IPA it is /dɪˈstɪŋɡwɪʃt/.

What is another word for distinguished?

Close synonyms include grand, imposing, magisterial. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is distinguished a common word?

distinguished is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with distinguished?

2 words rhyme with distinguished. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.