NOTABLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does notable mean? 

• NOTABLE (noun)
  The noun NOTABLE has 1 sense:

1. a celebrity who is an inspiration to others

  Familiarity information: NOTABLE used as a noun is very rare.

• NOTABLE (adjective)
  The adjective NOTABLE has 2 senses:

1. widely known and esteemed

2. worthy of attention because interesting, significant, or unusual

  Familiarity information: NOTABLE used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NOTABLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A celebrity who is an inspiration to others

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

guiding light; leading light; luminary; notability; notable

Context example:

he was host to a large gathering of luminaries

Hypernyms ("notable" is a kind of...):

celebrity; famous person (a widely known person)

Derivation:

notable (widely known and esteemed)

• NOTABLE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Widely known and esteemed

Synonyms:

celebrated; famed; famous; far-famed; illustrious; notable; noted; renowned

Context example:

a renowned painter

Similar:

known (apprehended with certainty)

Derivation:

notability; notable (a celebrity who is an inspiration to others)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Worthy of attention because interesting, significant, or unusual

Synonyms:

notable; noteworthy; remarkable

Context example:

a notable increase in the crime rate

Similar:

important; significant (important in effect or meaning)

 Context examples 

More notable findings around the world include: • The globally averaged sea surface temperature was the second warmest on record for October and warmest on record for the year to date (January–October).

(Last month tied as 3rd warmest October on record for the globe, NOAA)

These 2 amino acids are notable because they both contain sulfur.

(Pathways Underlying the Benefits of Calorie Restriction, NIH)

The differences in metal uptake between children with and without autism were especially notable during the months just before and after the children were born.

(Baby teeth link autism and heavy metals, NIH)

The dwarf planet Ceres look quite dark, but with notable exceptions.

(Bright Areas on Ceres Suggest Geologic Activity, NASA)

Mr. Sharp and Mr. Mell were both notable personages in my eyes; but Steerforth was to them what the sun was to two stars.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

A notable change in cognitive function.

(Cognitive Disturbance, NCI Thesaurus)

By St. Paul! it would be a very strange thing if so noble a company were to gather without some notable deed of arms arising from it.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Nearly a year later, in the month of October, 18—, London was startled by a crime of singular ferocity and rendered all the more notable by the high position of the victim.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

The vertical-growth phase and metastatic melanoma are notable for striking changes in the control of cell adhesion.

(Melanoma Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

A taxonomic family of bacterium in the phylum Firmicutes that contains the notable genus Bacillus.

(Bacillaceae, NCI Thesaurus)