fame

Other forms of fame

plural

fames·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about fame

What does fame mean?

fame means "the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fame?

fame has 1 syllable: fame. In IPA it is /ˈfeɪm/.

What is another word for fame?

Close synonyms include celebrity, renown. 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.

What is the opposite of fame?

The recorded antonyms are infamy, infamy.

Is fame a common word?

fame is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. 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 fame?

1 word rhymes with fame. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.