Famous and Key

Famous

Famous adjective - Widely known.

Key and famous are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Key" instead an adjective "Famous".

Nearby Words: fame, famously, famed, famousness

Key

Key adjective - Coming before all others in importance.
Usage example: maintains that Sir Isaac Newton remains the key figure in physical science

Famous and key are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Famous" instead an adjective "Key".

Nearby Words: keyed, keyboard, keying

Both words in one sentence

  • Tabletop Game / Tech Infantry Julius Beethoven da Vinci: Mordred is insinuated to have been several key people throughout history, including the famous foe of King Arthur.
  • Series / The Sopranos One of the guys' entourage is a fledgling rapper who realizes that surviving a shooting is key to getting famous, to which he hires Bobby Baccala to do it.
  • Meanwhile, Matthew and his friends apparently invoke this trope by being low-key about being the children of the famous Warriors of Vale (and Kalay and Imil).
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