needing no introduction
Famous beyond explanation
Needing no introduction describes someone or something so famous or well-established that formal presentation is unnecessary.
The phrase typically introduces exactly such an introduction, functioning as a rhetorical flourish that acknowledges the audience already knows who's being presented: Ladies and gentlemen, a man who needs no introduction—the champion himself.
- self-explanatoryClear from its own terms
- goes without sayingUnderstood without articulation
- manifestlyIn a clearly apparent way
- self-evidentRequiring no demonstration
- patentlyWith complete obviousness
speaks for itself · obvious · frank · household name · clearly · Beatles · Gandhi · Marilyn Monroe · living legend · classic · Elvis Presley · archetypal · Picasso · all-time great · larger than life · perennial · icon · pop culture icon
needing no introductionobscure
Unknown to most
unknown · anonymous · unfamiliar · nameless · faceless
needing no introductionunremarkable
Not worthy of comment
undistinguished · insignificant · nondescript · ordinary · run-of-the-mill
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