revere
UK/ɹɪˈvɪə(ɹ)/US/ɹɪˈvɪɹ/
revere verb: to regard someone or something with great awe or devotion.
Verb
revere (third-person singular simple present reveres, present participle revering, simple past and past participle revered)
- To regard someone or something with great awe or devotion.
- a highly revered musician
- Synonyms:
- esteem, look up to, respect
- Antonyms:
- contemn, despise, despect, disrespect, disdain, disesteem, look down on, misrespect, scorn, spurn
- To honour in a form lesser than worship, e.g., a saint, or an idol.
Noun
revere (plural reveres)
- A revers.
Proper noun capitalized: Revere
Revere (countable and uncountable, plural Reveres)
- A surname.
- A city in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, named after Paul Revere.
- A minor city in Redwood County, Minnesota.
- A village in Clark County, Missouri.
- An unincorporated community in Whitman County, Washington, named after Paul Revere.
- A frazione in Mantua, Lombardy, Italy.
revere meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
revere in Tamil
- போற்று, துதி
revere in Urdu
- regard someone or something with great awe or devotion
- احترام کرنا ehterām karnā
revere in Bengali
- গভীর শ্রদ্ধা করা, ভক্তি করা
revere in Telugu
- to revere, adore, worship, honor
- పురస్కరించు puraskariñcu
More languagesFewer languages
- revere in Malayalam
- അർച്ചിക്കുക, ആദരിക്കുക, ബഹുമാനിക്കുക
- revere in Kannada
- ಕೊಂಡಾಡು, ಭಯಭಕ್ತಿ ತೋರು, ಪವಿತ್ರವೆಂದು ಭಾವಿಸು, ಪೂಜ್ಯಭಾವದಿಂದ ನೋಡು
- revere in Sanskrit
- पूजयति pūjayati
- revere in Arabic
- وَقَّرَ waqqara
- revere in Vietnamese
- tôn kính, cung kính
Synonyms of revere
26 more synonymsFewer synonyms
Antonyms
1 more antonymsFewer antonyms
Forms of revere
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | reveres |
| present participle | revering |
| past participle | revered |
| past | revered |
| Noun | |
| plural | reveres |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Reveres |
Origin of revere
Borrowed from French révérer, ultimately from Latin revereor, from re- + vereor (“to fear”).
Words formed from revere
Words that rhyme with revere
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- spear
- career
- fear
- here
- steer
- appear
- cavalier
- cheer
- leer
- pioneer
- queer
- volunteer
- adhere
- beer
- chandelier
- deer
- financier
- pier
- premier
- privateer
- sheer
- veer
- vizier
- austere
- bombardier
- brigadier
- cashmere
- commandeer
- disappear
- endear
- grenadier
- interfere
- mere
- mountaineer
- peer
- sear
- tear
- tier
- unclear
- arrear
- bier
- blear
- cameleer
- cashier
- chiffonier
- cohere
- fakir
- farseer
Questions about revere
- What does revere mean?
- Revere means to regard someone or something with great awe or devotion.
- What is revere in Tamil?
- Revere in Tamil is போற்று, துதி. See Revere meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is revere?
- Revere can be a verb, a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce revere?
- Revere is pronounced /ɹɪˈvɪə(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of revere?
- The past tense of revere is revered.
Words near revere in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: revere (page history and authors); Revere (page history and authors); revere (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); revere (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); పురస్కరించు (Telugu) (page history and authors); revere (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); revere (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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