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This older meaning 'deceptive, illusory', relating to the older sense of prestige, has given way to its current meaning 'having a great reputation or influence' to the extent that the earlier use has been largely forgotten. One of the earliest uses of the newer meaning occurs in a novel by Joseph Conrad:

'You have had all these immense sums...What have I had out of them?' It was perfectly true. He had had nothing out of them—nothing of the prestigious or the desirable things of the earth—Chance, 1913.

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adjective

Widely known and esteemed: celebrated, distinguished, eminent, famed, famous, great, illustrious, notable, noted, preeminent, prominent, redoubtable, renowned. See knowledge/ignorance, respect/contempt/standing.

adj

Definition: famous, influential
Antonyms: disreputable, humble, insignificant, modest, obscure, unimportant, unprestigious

For a list of words related to prestigious, see:

• Special, Bright, Skillful, or Unusual

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See words rhyming with "prestigious."

Common misspelling(s) of prestigious

• prestigeous
• prestigous

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - taskenspiller-, anset

Nederlands (Dutch)
met veel aanzien, chic

Français (French)
adj. - prestigieux

Deutsch (German)
adj. - angesehen

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - έγκυρος, αναγνωρισμένου κύρους, με γόητρο, περίβλεπτος

Italiano (Italian)
prestigioso, rinomato, noto, autorevole

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - prestigiado, prestigioso

Русский (Russian)
влиятельный, авторитетный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - prestigioso

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - ansedd, prestigebetonad

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
享有声望的, 声望很高的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 享有聲望的, 聲望很高的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 이름이 난, 세상에 알려진

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 世評の高い, 名声のある

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مهيب, ذو هيبه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮יוקרתי, ראוותני‬

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