notable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnəʊtəbl̩/
ipa: /ˈnoʊɾəbl̩/
Forms: form: more notable
form: most notable
form: nottable
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English notable (“worthy of note, profitable, useful”), in some senses from Anglo-Norman notable (“noteworthy”), from Latin notābilis (“noteworthy, extraordinary”), from notō (“to note, mark”); in some senses from Middle English note (“benefit, profit, use, advantage”), from Old English notu (“t-use, profit, advantage, employment”) + -able; equivalent to note + -able. Compare English noteful (“useful”).
Senses: examples: text: [...] how sayest thou, that my master is become a notable lover?
ref: c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
synonyms: eminent
namely
noteworthy
antonyms: nameless
obscure
glosses: Worthy of note; remarkable; memorable; noted or distinguished.
examples: text: A notable lubber, as thou reportest him to be.
ref: 1623, William Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona:
synonyms: word: apparent
word: evident
word: apparent
word: arrant
word: undoubted
word: glaring
word: bait
word: blatant
word: clear
word: clear as a bell
word: clear as day
word: clear cut
word: crystal clear
word: cut and dried
word: decided
word: elucidate
word: evident
word: eyely
word: intuitive
word: manifest
word: notable
word: noticeable
word: obvious
word: open-and-shut
word: ostensible
word: palpable
word: patent
word: plain
word: plain as a haystack
word: plain as a pikestaff
word: plain as day
word: plain as Dunstable highway
word: plain as porridge
word: plain as print
word: plain as Salisbury
word: plain as the nose on one's face
word: prima facie
word: res ipsa loquitur
word: straightforward
word: undissembled
antonyms: subtle
glosses: Easily noted (without connotations of value); clearly noticeable, conspicuous.
examples: text: Dyslexia is most notable in children who are unable to focus on their assignments.
ref: 1989, Stanton Peele, Diseasing of America:
text: Another most notable change concerns rolling stock liveries. Back then, corporate Rail Blue was omnipresent, whereas now there is a kaleidoscope of colours and styles.
ref: 2020 June 17, David Clough, “Then and now: trains through Crewe”, in Rail, page 60:
glosses: That can be observed; perceptible.
examples: text: During his residence abroad, his concerns at home were managed by his mother Hester, an active and notable woman.
ref: c. 1793, Edward Gibbon, Memoirs, Penguin, published 1990, page 48:
text: Hester looked busy and notable with her gown pinned up behind her, and her hair all tucked away under a clean linen cap; […]
ref: 1863, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Sylvia's lovers:
glosses: Industrious, energetic; (specifically) (usually of a woman) capable, efficient in household management.
examples: text: Your honourable Uncle Sir Robert Manſell, who is now in the Mediterranean, hath been very notable to me, and I ſhall ever acknowledge a good part of my education from him.
ref: 1618 March 15 (Gregorian calendar), James Howell, “V. To Dr. Fr. Mansell, at All-Souls in Oxford.”, in Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ. Familiar Letters Domestic and Forren. […], 3rd edition, volume I, London: […] Humphrey Mos[e]ley, […], published 1655, →OCLC, section II, page 68:
glosses: Useful; profitable.
Synonyms: word: distinguished
word: eminent
word: forestanding
word: markworthy
word: mentionable
word: nameable
word: namely
word: nameworthy
word: notable
word: noteworthy
word: extraordinaire
word: noticeable
word: observable
word: outstanding
word: pass-remarkable
word: ponderable
word: prominent
word: remarkable
word: signal
word: sovereign
Hypernyms: word: important
word: interesting
word: memorable
word: worthy
Derived terms: nonnotable
non-notable
notability
notableness
unnotable
Related terms: word: famous
word: pertinent
word: strange
word: wonderful