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to revere

to revere

21 6.7
To feel deep respect and admiration for someone, often with awe
  • verb
  • /rɪˈvɪr/
translation icon : venerar
  • His people revere him as a god.
  • revere Jewish tradition
  • people who revere

But we all need to Revere what she just did.

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Examples

  • History will long revere your courage and sacrifice.

  • But the most important lesson is to revere a strong adversary.

  • But we all need to Revere what she just did.

  • The people that I Revere are those who want it and they want it bad.

  • Of course, I revere the King, the Queen.

  • I'm sure you loved and honored your father, and I know you revere his memory.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Everyone here reveres your science.

  • At the same time, she had been strictly trained to revere and obey her parents.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • Both Yavapai and Apache traditions revere and consider water a sacred element of life.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Many cultures revere their ancestors and the traditions they left behind.

Synonyms

to respect
vsto revere
1.0

To admire someone for their actions or qualities

is stronger and often includes deep awe not just general regard
to admire
vsto revere
743 1.6

To feel respect and pleasure when you look at someone or something

is more intense, involving deep awe and high regard not just approval
to adore
vsto revere
274 2.4

Love someone or something very much

is deep high regard and awe rather than emotional love
to fear
vsto revere
164 7.6

To feel deep respect and awe toward someone, often for religious reasons

is deep high regard and awe that can be secular or religious
to worship
vsto revere
106 3.4

To admire someone very much, often without thinking about their faults

is deep high regard that is similar but not usually excessive or uncritical
to esteem
vsto revere
14 4.6

To have respect for someone because of what they do

is deep high regard mixed with awe, not just formal high regard
to venerate
vsto revere
  • Formal
11 7.4

To show great respect for a person or thing

is strong high regard often felt with awe but less tied to sacred ritual
to reverence
vsto revere
2 7.1

To treat someone or something with deep respect

is deep high regard often felt with awe but less about treating as sacred

Antonyms

192 4.9

To strongly dislike and have no respect for someone or something

115 3.5

To show a lack of respect for someone

51 5.5

To show dislike and no respect for someone or something

How Respectful

worship
35 4.2
to revere
21 6.7
to respect
1.0
to admire
743 1.6

Surface Forms

revere infinitive
revered past
revered past participle
revering present participle
reveres third person singular

Etymology

Revere as a verb comes from the Latin verb revereri, which meant 'to stand in awe' or deeply respect, so to revere someone today is to feel great respect or admiration for them.