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prestigious

  • adjective
  • /pɹɛˈstɪd͡ʒəs/

Of high prestige.

Example

“She has a prestigious job with an international organization.”

Related words

  • nonprestigious
  • superprestigious
  • ultraprestigious
  • unprestigious
  • prestigiously
  • prestigiousness

Word history

From Latin "praestigiosus" (full of tricks).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “prestigious” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.