notable Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a celebrity who is an inspiration to others
    luminary; guiding light; leading light; notability.
    • he was host to a large gathering of luminaries
  2. adjective satellite worthy of notice
    noteworthy.
    • a noteworthy advance in cancer research
  3. adjective satellite widely known and esteemed
    renowned; illustrious; famed; celebrated; noted; famous; far-famed.
    • a famous actor
    • a celebrated musician
    • a famed scientist
    • an illustrious judge
    • a notable historian
    • a renowned painter

WordNet

Not"a*ble adjective
Etymology
F. notable, L. notabilis, fr. notare to mark, nota mark, note. See 5th Note.
Definitions
  1. Capable of being noted; noticeable; plan; evident.
  2. Worthy of notice; remarkable; memorable; noted or distinguished; as, a notable event, person. ✍ Notable in the sense of careful, thrifty, characterized by thrift and capacity (as, a notable housekeeper) is pronounced by many good orthoëpists, n&ocr;t"&adot;*b'l, the derivatives notableness, and notably, being also similarly pronounced with short o in the first syllable.
  3. Well-known; notorious. Obs. Chaucer.
Not"a*ble noun
Definitions
  1. A person, or thing, of distinction.
  2. (French Hist.) One of a number of persons, before the revolution of 1789, chiefly of the higher orders, appointed by the king to constitute a representative body.

Webster 1913