Synonyms:
well-known
Meaning: widely or fully known; "a well-known politician"; "well-known facts"; "a politician who is well known"; "these facts are well known"
Synonyms:
long-familiar, well-known(a)
Meaning: frequently experienced; known closely or intimately; "a long-familiar face"; "a well-known voice reached her ears"
Usage examples
A well-known children's rhyme runs:--
His physical strength, well-known to every one, put him above all danger of attack.
Malthus was a well-known capitalist, who had made his money by speculation in railway shares.
She also received the kindest countenance from Mr Philip Miller, a well-known writer on horticulture.
"As long as a member of a well-known family is backed up by that family it should be considered--final."
I have not alluded to the well-known noise made by the Death's Head Sphinx, for it is generally heard soon after the moth has emerged from its cocoon.
The sight of the well-known writing gave him a shock of mingled surprise and hope, and his fingers were faintly tremulous as they tore open the envelope.
"Bravo, Jos!" said Mr. Sedley; on hearing the bantering of which well-known voice, Jos instantly relapsed into an alarmed silence, and quickly took his departure.
On the death of her husband, she had sent for his second cousin, who at that time was in the employ of a well-known New York jewelry house, and he agreed to come to her.
The business of hotel-keeping we have referred to in a previous chapter, and it is a well-known fact that unless a hotel-keeper has a capable wife, his business will not succeed.