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say it: NOH-tuh-buhl
notable is an adjective and noun meaning "widely known and esteemed". It carries 3 recorded senses.
widely known and esteemed
“a famous actor”
“a celebrated musician”
“a famed scientist”
“an illustrious judge”
“a notable historian”
“a renowned painter”
worthy of attention because interesting, significant, or unusual
“a noteworthy fact is that her students rarely complain”
“a noteworthy advance in cancer research”
“a remarkable achievement”
“a notable increase in the crime rate”
a celebrity who is an inspiration to others
“he was host to a large gathering of luminaries”
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.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for notable come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.