as in venerable
deserving honor and respect especially by reason of age
a professor who is highly revered at the college where she has taught for the last four decades
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as in worshiped
to offer honor or respect to (someone) as a divine power
in some cultures people revere their ancestors, even leaving food offerings for them
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Recent Examples of revered
Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 9 Oct. 2025
Ironically, this year also marks the 20th anniversary of her revered comeback album, The Emancipation Of Mimi.
—Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
Onondaga Lake is revered as the place where a figure known as the Peacemaker, helped by Onondaga leader Hiawatha, brought the warring nations of Mohawk, Oneida, Cayuga, Seneca and Onondaga to form the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, also known as the Iroquois Confederacy.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
Of all the Belle of Louisville's historic features, one area of the revered steamboat is clearly the most audible.
—Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 9 Oct. 2025
Ironically, this year also marks the 20th anniversary of her revered comeback album, The Emancipation Of Mimi.
—Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
Seems like mundane treatments for a berry so revered by Native Americans long before the arrival of the first Europeans.
—Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
Onondaga Lake is revered as the place where a figure known as the Peacemaker, helped by Onondaga leader Hiawatha, brought the warring nations of Mohawk, Oneida, Cayuga, Seneca and Onondaga to form the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, also known as the Iroquois Confederacy.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for revered
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Bari Weiss is poised to revamp one of the nation’s most venerable down-the-middle news outlets, CBS News.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
24 Oct. 2025
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The venerable house of Chapoutier goes back to 1808, and today it is run by Michel Chapoutier, who took over from his predecessor at the young age of 26.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
23 Oct. 2025
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Kathleen Chalfant – a venerated stage actress with memorable turns in film and television – is officially entering the gauntlet for this year’s best actress prize.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
14 Oct. 2025
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The American restaurateur, who also owns and operates the venerated Savannah restaurant the Grey, alongside chef Mashama Bailey, was referring to the two-year legal battle to install a ventilation system.—
Alexander Lobrano,
Air Mail,
11 Oct. 2025
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Sanskrit speakers worshipped Dyaus Pitr, or Sky Father.—
Manvir Singh,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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Hermes Trismegistus was the god of the occult and magic, worshipped by the ancient Greeks in the Ptolemaic Kingdom.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Oct. 2025
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The project marks Thiruvothu’s first collaboration with both Palathara and Pothan, two of the most respected creative voices in Malayalam-language cinema – India’s flagship film industry in terms of innovative content – today.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
27 Oct. 2025
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Wolfgang Welch, who recently took over management duties at Vanity, described Calcagni as a larger-than-life figure and a respected presence in the city’s adult entertainment industry.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Revered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revered. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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