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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

acclaimed, back-number, banal, bewhiskered, bromidic, celebrated, common, commonly known, commonplace, conspicuous, corny, current, cut-and-dried, distinguished, fabled, fade, famed, familiar, famous, far-famed, far-heard, fusty, hackney, hackneyed, honored, household, important, leading, legendary, marked, moth-eaten, much acclaimed, musty, mythical, notable, noted, notorious, of mark, of note, old hat, outstanding, platitudinous, popular, prominent, proverbial, public, renowned, set, square, stale, stereotyped, stock, talked-about, talked-of, threadbare, timeworn, trite, truistic, universally admitted, universally recognized, unoriginal, warmed-over, well-kenned, well-recognized, well-understood, well-worn, widely known, worn, worn thin

Dictionary Results for well-known:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

well-known
    adj 1: widely or fully known; "a well-known politician"; "well-
           known facts"; "a politician who is well known"; "these
           facts are well known"
    2: frequently experienced; known closely or intimately; "a long-
       familiar face"; "a well-known voice reached her ears" [syn:
       long-familiar, well-known(a)]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Well-known \Well"-known`\, a.
   Fully known; generally known or acknowledged.
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         A church well known with a well-known rite. --M.
                                                  Arnold.
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