A high standing achieved through success or influence or wealth etc.:
— He wanted to achieve power and prestige.

synonym: prestigiousness.

Roget 481: misjudgment, obliquity of judgment; miscalculation, miscomputation, misconception etc. (error) 495; hasty conclusion.    [causes of misjudgment. 1] prejudgment, prejudication^†, prejudice; foregone conclusion; prenotion^†, prevention, preconception, predilection, prepossession, preapprehension^†, presumption, assumption, presentiment; fixed idea, preconceived idea; id_ee fixe; mentis gratissimus error [Lat.]; fool's paradise.    [causes of misjudgment. 2] esprit de corps, party spirit, partisanship, clannishness, prestige.    [causes of misjudgment. 3] bias, bigotry, warp, twist; hobby, fad, quirk, crotchet, partiality, infatuation, blind side, mote in the eye.    [causes of misjudgment. 4] one-sided views, one-track mind, partial views, narrow views, confined views, superficial views, one-sided ideas, partial ideas, narrow ideas, confined ideas, superficial ideas, one-sided conceptions, partial conceptions, narrow conceptions, confined conceptions, superficial conceptions, one-sided notions, partial notions, narrow notions, confined notions, superficial notions; narrow mind; bigotry etc. (obstinacy) 606; odium theologicum [Lat.]; pedantry; hypercriticism.    doctrinaire etc. (positive) 474.    [causes of misjudgment. 5] overestimation etc. 482; underestimation etc. 483.    [causes of misjudgment. 6] ignorance etc. 491.    erroneous assumptions, erroneous data, mistaken assumptions, incorrect assumptions (error) 495.    ... show more

Roget 737: authority; influence, patronage, power, preponderance, credit, prestige, prerogative, jurisdiction; right etc. (title) 924; direction etc. 693; government etc. 737.1. divine right, dynastic rights, authoritativeness; absoluteness, absolutism; despotism; jus nocendi [Lat.]; jus divinum [Lat.].    mastery, mastership, masterdom^†; dictation, control.    hold, grasp; grip, gripe; reach; iron sway etc. (severity) 739; fangs, clutches, talons; rod of empire etc. (scepter) 747.    [Vicarious authority] commission etc. 755; deputy etc. 759; permission etc. 760.    ... show more

Roget 865: desire, wish, fancy, fantasy; want, need, exigency.    mind, inclination, leaning, bent, animus, partiality, penchant, predilection; propensity etc. 820; willingness etc. 602; liking, love, fondness, relish.    longing, hankering, inkling; solicitude, anxiety; yearning, coveting; aspiration, ambition, vaulting ambition; eagerness, zeal, ardor, empressement [Fr.], breathless impatience, overanxiety; impetuosity, etc. 825.    appetite, appetition^†, appetence^†, appetency^†; sharp appetite, keenness, hunger, stomach, twist; thirst, thirstiness; drouth, mouthwatering; itch, itching; prurience, cacoethes [Lat.], cupidity, lust, concupiscence.    edge of appetite, edge of hunger; torment of Tantalus; sweet tooth, lickerish tooth^†; itching palm; longing eye, wistful eye, sheep's eye.    [excessive desire for money] greed etc. 817.1. voracity etc. (gluttony) 957.    passion, rage, furore^†, mania, manie^†; inextinguishable desire; dipsomania, kleptomania.    [Person who desires] lover, amateur, votary, devotee, aspirant, solicitant, candidate, applicant, supplicant; cormorant etc. 957.    [Object of desire] desideratum; want etc. (requirement) 630; a consummation devoutly to be wished;" attraction, magnet, allurement, fancy, temptation, seduction, fascination, prestige, height of one's ambition, idol; whim, whimsy, whimsey^†; maggot; hobby, hobby-horse.    Fortunatus's cap; wishing cap, wishing stone, wishing well.    ... show more

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]. ... show more

Dutch: aanzien, prestige
Polish: renoma