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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun repute has 1 sense
- repute(n = noun.state) reputation - the state of being held in high esteem and honor; Array is a kind of honor, honour, laurels
has particulars: black eye, stock, character, name, fame
Antonym: disrepute
Derived form verb repute1
Verb repute has 1 sense
- repute(v = verb.cognition) esteem, look on, look upon, regard as, take to be, think of - look on as or consider; "she looked on this affair as a joke"; "He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician"; "He is reputed to be intelligent" is one way to believe, conceive, consider, think
Derived forms noun reputation3, noun reputation1, noun reputation2, noun repute1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
CIDE DICTIONARY
repute, v. t. [F. réputer, L. reputare to count over, think over; pref. re- re- + putare to count, think. See Putative.].
To hold in thought; to account; to estimate; to hold; to think; to reckon. [1913 Webster]
"Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?"
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"The king your father was reputed for
A prince most prudent." [1913 Webster]
A prince most prudent." [1913 Webster]
repute, n.
- Character reputed or attributed; reputation, whether good or bad; established opinion; public estimate. [1913 Webster]"He who regns
Monarch in heaven, till then as one secure
Sat on his throne, upheld by old repute." [1913 Webster] - Specifically: Good character or reputation; credit or honor derived from common or public opinion; -- opposed to disrepute. F. Beaumont. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
repute, n. & v.
--n. reputation (known by repute).
--v.tr.
1 (as reputed adj.) (often foll. by to + infin.) be generally considered or reckoned (is reputed to be the best).
2 (as reputed adj.) passing as being, but probably not being (his reputed father).
--n. reputation (known by repute).
--v.tr.
1 (as reputed adj.) (often foll. by to + infin.) be generally considered or reckoned (is reputed to be the best).
2 (as reputed adj.) passing as being, but probably not being (his reputed father).
Derivative
reputedly adv.
Etymology
ME f. OF reputer or L reputare (as RE-, putare think)
THESAURUS
repute
ascendancy, assume, authority, be afraid, believe, celebrity, character, charisma, charm, clout, conceive, conclude, consequence, consider, control, credit, custom, daresay, deduce, deem, dignity, distinction, divine, dominance, domination, dream, eclat, effect, eminence, enchantment, esteem, expect, fame, fancy, favor, feel, force, gather, glory, good feeling, good name, goodwill, grant, greatness, hold, honor, imagine, importance, incidental power, infer, influence, influentiality, insinuation, leadership, let, let be, leverage, magnetism, mastery, memorability, moment, name, notability, noteworthiness, notoriety, opine, patronage, personality, persuasion, potency, power, predominance, prefigure, preponderance, pressure, prestige, presume, presuppose, presurmise, prominence, provisionally accept, purchase, reckon, reign, remarkableness, renown, rep, report, reputation, rule, salience, say, suasion, subtle influence, suggestion, suppose, supremacy, surmise, suspect, sway, take, take for, take for granted, take it, take to be, think, trade, understand, upper hand, weight, whip handROGET THESAURUS
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Repute
N repute, distinction, mark, name, figure, repute, reputation, good repute, high repute, note, notability, notoriety, eclat, the bubble reputation, vogue, celebrity, fame, famousness, renown, popularity, aura popularis, approbation, credit, succes d'estime, prestige, talk of the town, name to conjure with, glory, honor, luster, illustriousness, account, regard, respect, reputableness, respectability, good name, good report, fair name, dignity, stateliness, solemnity, grandeur, splendor, nobility, majesty, sublimity, rank, standing, brevet rank, precedence, pas, station, place, status, position, position in society, order, degree, baccalaureate, locus standi, caste, condition, greatness, eminence, height, importance, preeminence, supereminence, high mightiness, primacy, top of the ladder, top of the tree, elevation, ascent, superaltation, exaltation, dignification, aggrandizement, dedication, consecration, enthronement, canonization, celebration, enshrinement, glorification, hero, man of mark, great card, celebrity, worthy, lion, rara avis, notability, somebody, classman, man of rank, pillar of the state, pillar of the church, pillar of the community, chief, first fiddle, cynosure, mirror, flower, pink, pearl, paragon, choice and master spirits of the age, elite, star, sun, constellation, galaxy, ornament, honor, feather in one's cap, halo, aureole, nimbus, halo of glory, blaze of glory, blushing honors, laurels, memory, posthumous fame, niche in the temple of fame, immortality, immortal name, magni nominis umbra, distinguished, distingue, noted, of note, honored, popular, fashionable, in good odor in, favor, in high favor, reputable, respectable, creditable, remarkable, notable, notorious, celebrated, renowned, ion every one's mouth, talked of, famous, famed, far-famed, conspicuous, to the front, foremost, in the front rank, in the ascendant, imperishable, deathless, immortal, never fading, aere perennius, time honored, illustrious, glorious, splendid, brilliant, radiant, bright, full-blown, honorific, eminent, prominent, high, in the zenith, at the head of, at the top of the tree, peerless, of the first water, superior, supereminent, preeminent, great, dignified, proud, noble, honorable, worshipful, lordly, grand, stately, august, princely, imposing, solemn, transcendent, majestic, sacred, sublime, heaven- born, heroic, sans peur et sans reproche, sacrosanct, Int, hail!, all hail!, ave!, viva!, vive!, long life to!, banzai!, glory be to, honor be to?, one's name being in every mouth, one's name living for ever, sic itur ad astra, fama volat, aut Caesar aut nullus, not to know him argues oneself unknown, none but himself could be his parallel, palmam qui meruit ferat, above all Greek above all Roman fame, cineri gloria sera est, great is the glory for the strife is hard, honor virtutis praemium, immensum gloria calcar habet, the glory dies not and the grief is past, vivit post funera virtus, repute, distinction, mark, name, figure, repute, reputation, good repute, high repute, note, notability, notoriety, eclat, the bubble reputation, vogue, celebrity, fame, famousness, renown, popularity, aura popularis, approbation, credit, succes d'estime, prestige, talk of the town, name to conjure with, glory, honor, luster, illustriousness, account, regard, respect, reputableness, respectability, good name, good report, fair name, dignity, stateliness, solemnity, grandeur, splendor, nobility, majesty, sublimity, rank, standing, brevet rank, precedence, pas, station, place, status, position, position in society, order, degree, baccalaureate, locus standi, caste, condition, greatness, eminence, height, importance, preeminence, supereminence, high mightiness, primacy, top of the ladder, top of the tree, elevation, ascent, superaltation, exaltation, dignification, aggrandizement, dedication, consecration, enthronement, canonization, celebration, enshrinement, glorification, hero, man of mark, great card, celebrity, worthy, lion, rara avis, notability, somebody, classman, man of rank, pillar of the state, pillar of the church, pillar of the community, chief, first fiddle, cynosure, mirror, flower, pink, pearl, paragon, choice and master spirits of the age, elite, star, sun, constellation, galaxy, ornament, honor, feather in one's cap, halo, aureole, nimbus, halo of glory, blaze of glory, blushing honors, laurels, memory, posthumous fame, niche in the temple of fame, immortality, immortal name, magni nominis umbra, distinguished, distingue, noted, of note, honored, popular, fashionable, in good odor in, favor, in high favor, reputable, respectable, creditable, remarkable, notable, notorious, celebrated, renowned, ion every one's mouth, talked of, famous, famed, far-famed, conspicuous, to the front, foremost, in the front rank, in the ascendant, imperishable, deathless, immortal, never fading, aere perennius, time honored, illustrious, glorious, splendid, brilliant, radiant, bright, full-blown, honorific, eminent, prominent, high, in the zenith, at the head of, at the top of the tree, peerless, of the first water, superior, supereminent, preeminent, great, dignified, proud, noble, honorable, worshipful, lordly, grand, stately, august, princely, imposing, solemn, transcendent, majestic, sacred, sublime, heaven- born, heroic, sans peur et sans reproche, sacrosanct, Int, hail!, all hail!, ave!, viva!, vive!, long life to!, banzai!, glory be to, honor be to?, one's name being in every mouth, one's name living for ever, sic itur ad astra, fama volat, aut Caesar aut nullus, not to know him argues oneself unknown, none but himself could be his parallel, palmam qui meruit ferat, above all Greek above all Roman fame, cineri gloria sera est, great is the glory for the strife is hard, honor virtutis praemium, immensum gloria calcar habet, the glory dies not and the grief is past, vivit post funera virtus.Approbation
N approbation, approval, approvement, sanction, advocacy, nod of approbation, esteem, estimation, good opinion, golden opinions, admiration, love, appreciation, regard, account, popularity, kudos, credit, repute, best seller, commendation, praise, laud, laudation, good word, meed of praise, tribute of praise, encomium, eulogy, eulogium, eloge, panegyric, homage, hero worship, benediction, blessing, benison, applause, plaudit, clap, clapping, clapping of hands, acclaim, acclamation, cheer, paean, hosannah, shout of applause, peal of applause, chorus of applause, chorus of praise, Prytaneum, approving, in favor of, lost in admiration, commendatory, complimentary, benedictory, laudatory, panegyrical, eulogistic, encomiastic, lavish of praise, uncritical, approved, praised, uncensured, unimpeached, popular, in good odor, in high esteem, in favor, in high favor, deserving of praise, worthy of praise, praiseworthy, commendable, of estimation, good, meritorious, estimable, creditable, plausible, unimpeachable, beyond all praise, with credit, to admiration, well, with three times three, Int, hear hear!, bully for you!, well done!, bravo!, bravissimo!, euge!, macte virtute!, so far so good, that's right, quite right, optime!, one cheer more, may your shadow never be less!, esto perpetua!, long life to!, viva!, enviva!, Godspeed!, valete et plaudite!, encore!, bis!, probatum est, tacent satis laudant, servant of God, well done!.
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