Synonyms for revere
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Venerate — to honour in a form lesser than worship, e.g., a saint, or an idol
venerate, idolize, idolise UK, honor US, honour UK, admire, adore, praise, exalt, think much of, hallow, laud, worthy, value, magnify, prize US, prise UK, eulogize, eulogise UK, extol, dignify, aggrandize, aggrandise UK, appraise, lionize UK US, lionise UK, panegyrize, panegyrise UK, bepraise
2. Respect — to regard someone or something with great awe or devotion
4. Worship
Definitions
- v. 1
To regard someone or something with great awe or devotion.
a highly revered musician
- v. 2
To honour in a form lesser than worship, e.g., a saint, or an idol.
Forms
- Past participle
- revered
e.g. revered → venerated, idolized, honor'd, admired…
Choose the right word
We honor and respect noble character wherever found; we revere and venerate it in the aged.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- admire I just admire the diversity of life on our planet.
- adore I texted her to tell her how much I adore her.
- idolize I don't understand why people idolize criminals.
- venerate We dishonor the living and venerate the dead.
By length
- 4 letters
- fear1, laud1, fere, feer
- 5 letters
- value2, honor2, prize1, adore2, exalt2, prise, extol2
- 6 letters
- honour2, praise1, worthy2, admire2, esteem2, hallow2
- 7 letters
- respect2, worship2, magnify3, idolize3, dignify3, idolise, lionize3, lionise
- 8 letters
- appraise2, venerate3, eulogize3, eulogise, bepraise
- 9 letters
- reverence3
- 10 letters
- aggrandize3, aggrandise, panegyrize, panegyrise
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (value2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- révérer