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revered

/ɹɪˈvɪə(ɹ)d/

revered is the simple past and past participle of revere.

Meaning of revere

Verb

revere (third-person singular simple present reveres, present participle revering, simple past and past participle revered)

  1. (transitive) To regard someone or something with great awe or devotion.
    • a highly revered musician
  2. (also, transitive) To honour in a form lesser than worship, e.g., a saint, or an idol.

See all 9 meanings of revere

Adjective

revered (comparative more revered, superlative most revered)

  1. Respected or given reverence.
    • Near-synonyms: reverend, estimable; see also Thesaurus:respectable
    • The scholar kept his revered books in a special part of the library.

Synonyms of revered

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Antonyms

Forms of revered

comparativemore revered
superlativemost revered

Words formed from revered

Words that rhyme with revered

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Questions about revered

What does revered mean?
Revered means respected or given reverence.
What is revered the simple past and past participle of?
Revered is the simple past and past participle of revere.
What part of speech is revered?
Revered is an adjective.
How do you pronounce revered?
Revered is pronounced /ɹɪˈvɪə(ɹ)d/.

Words near revered in the dictionary

  1. reverdured
  2. reverdures
  3. reverduring
  4. revere
  5. Revere Beach
  6. revered
  7. reveredly
  8. reveredness
  9. reverence
  10. reverenced
  11. reverencer

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Adapted from Wiktionary: revered (page history and authors); revere (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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