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respected

Syllables: re·spect·ed/ɹɪˈspɛktɪd/

respected adjective: deserving of respect; due special honor or appreciation. Also the simple past and past participle of respect.

Adjective

respected (comparative more respected, superlative most respected)

  1. Deserving of respect; due special honor or appreciation.
    • He was a respected jurist and his death will be a loss to the profession.

Also used as

respected is also the simple past and past participle of respect.

respected meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Telugu and Malayalam

respected in Hindi

deserving of respect
सम्मानित sammānit

respected in Marathi

आदरणीय

respected in Telugu

గౌరవించారు

respected in Malayalam

ബഹുമാനിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു
More languagesFewer languages
respected in Vietnamese
đáng kính, được kính trọng

Synonyms of respected

10 more synonymsFewer synonyms

Forms of respected

comparativemore respected
superlativemost respected

Words formed from respected

Questions about respected

What does respected mean?
Respected means deserving of respect; due special honor or appreciation.
What is respected in Hindi?
Respected in Hindi is सम्मानित (sammānit). See Respected meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is respected?
Respected is an adjective.
How do you pronounce respected?
Respected is pronounced /ɹɪˈspɛktɪd/.

Words near respected in the dictionary

  1. respectablized
  2. respectablizes
  3. respectablizing
  4. respectably
  5. respectant
  6. respected
  7. respecter
  8. respecter of persons
  9. respecters
  10. respecters of persons
  11. respectful

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Adapted from Wiktionary: respected (page history and authors); respected (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); respected (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); respected (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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