greats
History's notable figures
Greats is the plural of great used as a noun—the outstanding figures in a field: one of the all-time greats, She studied the greats of jazz piano.
At Oxford University, Greats refers to the classics curriculum covering ancient Greek and Roman literature, history, and philosophy, or the final examinations in that program.
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visionary · trailblazer · luminary · titan · giant · master · virtuoso · maestro · genius · prodigy
conqueror
Victor who takes control
- innovatorCreator of new methods
- reformerAgent of institutional improvement
- revolutionarySeeking fundamental systemic change
liberator · explorer · statesman · tycoon · magnate · patron · leader · monarch · emperor · general
- Halls of Fameinductees, enshrinees, honorees, plaques, inductions
- British universitiesOxford, Cambridge, university, college, undergraduate
- OxbridgeOxford, Oxbridge, Oxford University, Cambridge University, Exeter
- Oxbridge academiaMA, PhD, DPhil, matriculation, finals
- Exemplarsexemplars, paragons, role models, ideals, gold standards
greatsnobodies
Unimportant, unknown persons
failures · mediocrities · nonentities · also-rans · flops
greatsunknowns
Undetermined quantities
obscurities · unsung · nobodies · nameless · nonentities
- great jobPraise for accomplishment
- great dealSubstantial quantity or value
- great workAcclaim for achievement
- the greatestSuperlative of excellence
- greater thanLarger in value
- oh greatExasperated mock enthusiasm
great, greatly, greatest, greater, greatness, Great Britain, Great Dane, great-grandmother, great-grandfather