first fiddle
noun
Roget 873:
distinction,
mark,
name,
figure;
repute,
reputation;
good repute,
high repute;
note,
notability,
notoriety,
eclat,
the bubble reputation"
[As You Like It],
vogue,
celebrity;
fame,
famousness;
renown;
popularity,
aura popularis [Lat.];
approbation
etc.
931;
credit,
succes d'estime [Fr.],
prestige,
talk of the town;
name to conjure with.
glory,
honor;
luster
etc.
(light)
420;
illustriousness
etc.
adj..
account,
regard,
respect;
reputableness
etc.
adj.†;
respectability
etc.
(probity)
939;
good name,
good report;
fair name.
dignity;
stateliness
etc.
adj.;
solemnity,
grandeur,
splendor,
nobility,
majesty,
sublimity.
rank,
standing,
brevet rank,
precedence,
pas,
station,
place,
status;
position,
position in society;
order,
degree,
baccalaureate,
locus standi [Lat.],
caste,
condition.
greatness
etc.
adj.;
eminence;
height
etc.
206;
importance
etc.
642;
preeminence,
supereminence;
high mightiness,
primacy;
top of the ladder,
top of the tree.
elevation;
ascent
etc.
305;
superaltation†,
exaltation;
dignification†,
aggrandizement.
dedication,
consecration,
enthronement,
canonization,
celebration,
enshrinement,
glorification.
hero,
man of mark,
great card,
celebrity,
worthy,
lion,
rara avis [Lat.],
notability,
somebody;
classman†;
man of rank
etc.
(nobleman)
875;
pillar of the state,
pillar of the church,
pillar of the community.
chief
etc.
(master)
745;
first fiddle
etc.
(proficient)
700;
cynosure,
mirror;
flower,
pink,
pearl;
paragon
etc.
(perfection)
650;
choice and master spirits of the age;
elite;
star,
sun,
constellation,
galaxy.
ornament,
honor,
feather in one's cap,
halo,
aureole,
nimbus;
halo of glory,
blaze of glory,
blushing honors;
laurels
etc.
(trophy)
733.
memory,
posthumous fame,
niche in the temple of fame;
immortality,
immortal name;
magni nominis umbra [Lat.]
[Lucan].
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Roget 642:
importance,
consequence,
moment,
prominence,
consideration,
mark,
materialness.
import,
significance,
concern;
emphasis,
interest.
greatness
etc.
31;
superiority
etc.
33;
notability
etc.
(repute)
873;
weight
etc.
(influence)
175;
value
etc.
(goodness)
648;
usefulness
etc.
644.
gravity,
seriousness,
solemnity;
no joke,
no laughing matter;
pressure,
urgency,
stress;
matter of life and death.
memorabilia,
notabilia†,
great doings;
red-letter day.
great thing,
great point;
main chance,
the be all and the end all"
[Macbeth];
cardinal point;
substance,
gist
etc.
(essence)
5;
sum and substance,
gravamen,
head and front;
important part,
principal part,
prominent part,
essential part;
half the battle;
sine qua non;
breath of one's nostrils
etc.
(life)
359;
cream,
salt,
core,
kernel,
heart,
nucleus;
keynote,
keystone;
corner stone;
trump card
etc.
(device)
626;
salient points.
top sawyer,
first fiddle,
prima donna [Sp.],
chief;
triton among the minnows;
'it' [U.S.]. "
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Roget 700:
proficient,
expert,
adept,
dab;
dabster†,
crackerjack;
connoisseur
etc.
(scholar)
492;
master,
master hand;
prima donna [Sp.],
first fiddle,
top gun,
chef de cuisine,
top sawyer;
protagonist;
past master;
mahatma.
picked man;
medallist,
prizeman†.
veteran;
old stager,
old campaigner,
old soldier,
old file,
old hand;
man of business,
man of the world.
nice hand,
good hand,
clean hand;
practiced hand,
experienced eye,
experienced hand;
marksman;
good shot,
dead shot,
crack shot;
ropedancer,
funambulist†,
acrobat;
cunning man;
conjuror
etc.
(deceiver)
548;
wizard
etc.
994.
genius;
mastermind,
master head,
master spirit.
cunning blade,
sharp blade,
sharp fellow;
jobber;
cracksman
etc.
(thief)
792†;
politician,
tactician,
strategist.
pantologist†,
admirable Crichton,
Jack of all trades;
prodigy of learning.
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