revered

adjective

re·​vered ri-ˈvird 

: regarded with reverence : regarded as worthy of great honor and respect

… Vince Carter, a member of the U. S. basketball team and still a state hero after having been a star on the University of North Carolina's revered hoops team.

—Erin Whalen

Here are some of their greatest monasteries and the remains of their most revered saints.

—Janine Di Giovanni

… because [Doina] Melinte was the 1984 Olympic gold medalist at 800 meters, she remains one of Romania's most revered citizens.

—Merrell Noden

Synonyms

• venerable
• venerated
• respected

Examples of revered in a Sentence

a professor who is highly revered at the college where she has taught for the last four decades

Recent Examples on the Web

Israeli strikes severely weakened Hezbollah – culminating in the assassination of its revered leader, Hassan Nasrallah – and significantly curtailed the group’s domestic clout. —Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025

Honda puts a techy new spin on a revered nameplate with the 2026 Prelude sport coupe, a sleek 200-horsepower hybrid going on sale late this year. —Mark Phelan, Freep.com, 4 Sep. 2025

Hanna is one of the most revered figures in modern punk as one of the pioneers of the feminist riot grrrl movement of the ’90s. —Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025

The home at 12305 West Fifth Helena Drive is where the revered actress was found dead at 36 in August 1962. —Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1661, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for revered

• commandeered
• disappeared
• engineered
• interfered
• persevered
• pioneered
• reappeared
• volunteered
• adhered
• appeared
• bluebeard
• cashiered