revere

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How does the verb revere differ from other similar words?

Some common synonyms of revere are adore, reverence, venerate, and worship. While all these words mean "to honor and admire profoundly and respectfully," revere stresses deference and tenderness of feeling.

a professor revered by her students

In what contexts can adore take the place of revere?

While the synonyms adore and revere are close in meaning, adore implies love and stresses the notion of an individual and personal attachment.

we adored our doctor

When can reverence be used instead of revere?

The meanings of reverence and revere largely overlap; however, reverence presupposes an intrinsic merit and inviolability in the one honored and a similar depth of feeling in the one honoring.

reverenced the academy's code of honor

When could venerate be used to replace revere?

The words venerate and revere are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, venerate implies a holding as holy or sacrosanct because of character, association, or age.

heroes still venerated

When would worship be a good substitute for revere?

The synonyms worship and revere are sometimes interchangeable, but worship implies homage usually expressed in words or ceremony.

worships their memory

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of revere Congo Square is a former Native American marketplace revered as sacred land, which later became a gathering place for enslaved Africans and their descendants to commune and worship on Sundays. Essence, 6 June 2025 Steve Jobs, the company’s late co-founder and Cook’s predecessor as CEO, established early on that the Apple brand was something to be revered and protected. Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 11 June 2025 Emerging as the Druze leader of the opposition to the Syrian government is Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri, one of three holy men revered by Syrian Druze. Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 11 June 2025 Floyd Collins, the 1994 Off Broadway musical that finally made its Broadway bow and seemed somewhat more revered in memory than loved in the present, is a long shot, as is the charming but underwhelming Pirates! Greg Evans, Deadline, 6 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for revere
Recent Examples of Synonyms for revere
Verb
  • Pilgrims have long venerated the site, according to the Catholic Encyclopedia of 1914.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2025
  • Apollo, the god of archery and the son of Zeus, was venerated both in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2025
Verb
  • The soccer star in question, of course, was a certain Lionel Andrés Messi, for whom the masses had made their pilgrimage to worship, as his Inter Miami took on Portuguese giant FC Porto in the second matchday of Group A.
    Glen Levy, CNN Money, 20 June 2025
  • The group argued that allowing Oak Flat, a place where the Apache have worshiped for generations, to be destroyed would have significant religious freedom implications.
    Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 27 May 2025
Verb
  • But Pi is precociously enlightened, his innocence not a problem to be rectified but a quality to be reverenced.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
  • But Trump also reverenced the tough job Emmer has in keeping the GOP majority together, with which Emmer is all too familiar after the chaotic last two years.
    Emily Brooks, The Hill, 3 Feb. 2025

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“Revere.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revere. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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