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well-known
adjective
1 well-known
Widely or fully known.
Roget 136:
frequent,
many times,
not rare,
thickcoming†,
incessant,
perpetual,
continual,
steady,
constant,
thick;
uniform;
repeated
etc.
104;
customary
etc.
613
(habit)
613;
regular
(normal)
80;
according to rule
etc.
(conformable)
82.
common,
everyday,
usual,
ordinary,
familiar.
old-hat,
boring,
well-known,
trivial.
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Roget 490:
knowing
etc.
v.;
cognitive;
acroamatic†.
aware of,
cognizant of,
conscious of;
acquainted with,
made acquainted with;
privy to,
no stranger to;
au fait with,
au courant;
in the secret;
up to,
alive to;
behind the scenes,
behind the curtain;
let into;
apprized of,
informed of;
undeceived.
proficient with,
versed with,
read with,
forward with,
strong with,
at home in;
conversant with,
familiar with.
erudite,
instructed,
leaned,
lettered,
educated;
well conned,
well informed,
well read,
well grounded,
well educated;
enlightened,
shrewd,
savant,
blue,
bookish,
scholastic,
solid,
profound,
deep-read,
book-learned;
accomplished
etc.
(skillful)
698;
omniscient;
self-taught.
known
etc.
v.;
ascertained,
well-known,
recognized,
received,
notorious,
noted;
proverbial;
familiar,
familiar as household words,
familiar to every schoolboy;
hackneyed,
trite,
trivial,
commonplace.
cognoscible†,
cognizable.
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Roget 613:
habitual;
accustomary†;
prescriptive,
accustomed
etc.
v.;
of daily occurrence,
of everyday occurrence;
consuetudinary†;
wonted,
usual,
general,
ordinary,
common,
frequent,
everyday,
household,
garden variety,
jog,
trot;
well-trodden,
well-known;
familiar,
vernacular,
trite,
commonplace,
conventional,
regular,
set,
stock,
established,
stereotyped;
prevailing,
prevalent;
current,
received,
acknowledged,
recognized,
accredited;
of course,
admitted,
understood.
conformable.
etc.
82;
according to use,
according to custom,
according to routine;
in vogue,
in fashion,
in,
with it;
fashionable
etc.
(genteel)
852.
wont;
used to,
given to,
addicted to,
attuned to,
habituated
etc.
v.;
in the habit of;
habitue;
at home in
etc.
(skillful)
698;
seasoned;
imbued with;
devoted to,
wedded to.
hackneyed,
fixed,
rooted,
deep-rooted,
ingrafted†,
permanent,
inveterate,
besetting;
naturalized;
ingrained
etc.
(intrinsic)
5.
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2 well-known
Frequently experienced; known closely or intimately:
— A well-known voice reached her ears.
synonym: long-familiar.
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