Synonyms of venerated

venerated 1 of 2

adjective

as in venerable

deserving honor and respect especially by reason of age

a beloved and venerated professor who has been a fixture on campus for decades

Synonyms & Similar Words

• venerable
• revered
• respected
• sacred
• respectable
• reverend
• hallowed
• distinguished
• honored
• reverenced
• honorable
• considered
• esteemed
• reputable
• worthy
• admirable
• redoubtable
• estimable
• noble
• moral
• righteous
• good

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• notorious
• loose
• infamous
• bad
• shameful
• disreputable
• disgraceful
• dishonorable
• wicked
• ignominious
• shadowy
• immoral
• vile
• sordid
• shady
• discreditable
• base
• detestable
• low
• mean
• wretched
• unsavory
• dirty
• contemptible
• despicable
• seamy

venerated

2 of 2

verb

past tense of venerate

as in worshipped

to offer honor or respect to (someone) as a divine power

a proper setting in which to venerate God

Synonyms & Similar Words

• worshipped
• revered
• reverenced
• honored
• admired
• deified
• respected
• praised
• adored
• regarded
• loved
• glorified
• extolled
• exalted
• canonized
• dignified
• pleased
• lauded
• lionized
• apotheosized
• delighted
• gratified
• satisfied
• magnified

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• violated
• desecrated
• ridiculed
• insulted
• scorned
• profaned
• dishonored
• offended
• outraged
• affronted
• slighted
• piqued
• blasphemed
• maligned
• slandered
• displeased
• smeared
• disparaged
• disrespected
• defamed
• slurred
• libeled

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of venerated

Adjective

On the night of June 15, a Russian drone directly hit the most venerated site for Ukraine’s majority Orthodox Christians, and indeed for much of Eastern Christendom. — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 26 June 2026

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the landmark live release, Frampton recounts his history in bands The Herd and Humble Pie before striking stadium-sellout gold as a solo star with venerated guitar chops and an inventive talk box. — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 3 June 2026

Dorje was four months old when he was identified by Kyabje Trulshik Rinpoche, a venerated master of Tibetan Buddhism. — CBS News, 28 May 2026

Two of New York’s most venerated cultural institutions — the New York Public Library at Bryant Park and Lincoln Center on the Upper West Side — became the center of the two splashiest parties, thrown, of course, by tech companies (Amazon and YouTube, respectively). — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 18 May 2026

At the forthcoming 2026 Cannes Film Festival, Streisand will receive the Honorary Palme d’Or, commemorating the venerated artist’s decades-long career. — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 9 May 2026

On May 10, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York will open the new, nearly 12,000-square-foot galleries of its venerated Costume Institute. — Jane Levere, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2026

The venerated civil rights leader Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the UFW with Chavez and served as the union’s vice president, later came forward with her own accounts of abuse by Chavez. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 24 Mar. 2026

Not only because its casting displays a high degree of difficulty in finding actors who also sing and dance, including an exciting discovery in Miles Caton, but also because casting director Francine Maisler is a venerated figure within Hollywood. — Nate Jones, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026

Verb

Not asked enough by those who venerated Graham is why in death the patriot’s name must be associated with what’s so inimical to American prosperity and freedom. — John Tamny, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Butlers are kicked in the shins and told their children are ugly; a patriarch’s idiotic military decisions are venerated for their spirit; blood spilling out of a servant’s wound is more an issue for the rug. — Diana Arterian, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026

Coyotes, the true American canine, have roamed this continent for more than 2 million years and were venerated by many of those same Indigenous peoples who once made camp in Big Sky. — Jesse Ashlock, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 July 2026

Dmitry and Evdokia were venerated separately for centuries – her on May 30, him on June 1 – until the 2015 decree that combined them. — Diana Dukhanova, The Conversation, 6 July 2026

The Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, a monastery with emblematic golden domes, is venerated by both the Russian and Ukrainian wings of the Orthodox Church as one of their most important spiritual centers. — CBS News, 15 June 2026

Olivier was venerated as a Shakespearean actor, playing many iconic protagonists in London including Hamlet, Henry V, Macbeth and, controversially, Othello. — ABC News, 10 June 2026

And the qualities that once stigmatized the sport are now venerated by the White House. — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 28 May 2026

In that vein, there has recently been considerable attention paid to Hasan Piker, the controversial influencer whom progressives have venerated yet whose extremism and anti-American tirades worry moderates — and give Republicans ammunition. — Douglas E. Schoen, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2026