Usually means: Familiar to many; widely recognized.
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  1. well known: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. well-known: Merriam-Webster
  3. well known: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. well-known: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. well-known, well-known: Collins English Dictionary
  6. well-known: Vocabulary.com
  7. Well-Known, Well-known, well-known: Wordnik
  8. well known: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. well-known: Wiktionary
  10. well-known: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. well-known: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. well-known: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. well-known, well known: Dictionary.com
  14. well-known: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. well-known: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Well-known, Well known, .well-known: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Well-known: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. well-known: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. well-known: Rhymezone
  20. Well-known: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. well-known: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  22. well-known: FreeDictionary.org
  23. well-known: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. well-known, well known: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. well-known, well known: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Well known)

▸ adjective:  (predicative) Alternative form of well-known [Familiar, famous, renowned, noted or widely known.]

Similar:
well-known, known, familiar, long-familiar, wellknown, well-publicized, well-aware, well-loved, well-liked, forementioned, more...

Opposite:
obscure, unknown

Types:
actor, musician, athlete, politician, author, scientist, artist, entrepreneur, comedian, more...

Phrases:
well known port, not well known, well known person, most well known, well known snake, more...

Adjectives:
wellknown, known, knowne, well-known, beknown, well-established, tried and true, noted, world-famous, comme il faut


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Similar:
well-known, known, familiar, long-familiar, wellknown, well-publicized, well-aware, well-loved, well-liked, forementioned, more...

Opposite:
obscure, unknown

Types:
actor, musician, athlete, politician, author, scientist, artist, entrepreneur, comedian, more...

Phrases:
well known port, not well known, well known person, most well known, well known snake, very well known, well known for, it is well known that, well established and known, well known and praised, more...

Adjectives:
wellknown, known, knowne, well-known, beknown, well-established, tried and true, noted, world-famous, comme il faut



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