repute [ri-pyoot] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
repute [ri-pyoot]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: honor
Synonyms: character, chastity, courage, decency, dignity, fairness, good name, good report, goodness, honestness, honesty, incorruption, incorruptness, innocence, modesty, morality, morals, prestige, principles, probity, purity, rectitude, reputation, respect, righteousness, status, trustworthiness, truthfulness, uprightness, virtue
Main Entry: repute
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: fame
Synonyms: acclaim, acclamation, account, acknowledgment, celebrity, character, credit, dignity, distinction, elevation, eminence, esteem, estimation, exaltation, famousness, favor, glory, greatness, heyday, honor, illustriousness, immortality, kudos*, laurels, luster, majesty, name*, nobility, note, notoriety, place, popularity, position, preeminence, prominence, public esteem, rank*, recognition, regard, renown, rep, report, reputation, splendor, standing, stardom, station, superiority, éclat
Main Entry: repute
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: believe
Synonyms: conjecture, consider, credit, deem, expect, feel, gather, guess, hold, imagine, judge, maintain, postulate, presume, reckon, sense, speculate, suppose, suspect, take*, think, understand
Example Sentences
  • Cathy rebels against this cloistered existence and runs off to work in a house of ill repute.
  • The price paid was a little less for the better piece, in proportion to the owner's repute rather than to the quality of the art.
  • His heated phrases on interpretation and emptiness struck their intellects, not their repute.
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Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Repute.
Category: 4. Extrinsic Affections; personal affections derived from the opinions or feelings of others)
Synonyms:
-nouns
distinction, mark, name, figure; repute, reputation; good repute, high repute; note, notability, notoriety, eclat., "the bubble reputation" [As You Like It], vogue, celebrity; fame, famousness; renown; popularity, aura popularis; approbation; credit, succes d'estime, prestige, talk of the town; name to conjure with., glory, honor; luster (light); illustriousness; fifteen minutes of fame., account, regard, respect; reputableness; respectability (probity); good name, good report; fair name., dignity; stateliness; solemnity, grandeur, splendor, nobility, majesty, sublimity., rank, standing, brevet rank, precedence, pas, station, place, status; position, position in society; order, degree, baccalaureate, locus standi, caste, condition., greatness; eminence; height; importance; preeminence, supereminence; high mightiness, primacy; top of the ladder, top of the tree., elevation; ascent; superaltation, exaltation; dignification, aggrandizement. dedication, consecration, enthronement, canonization, celebration, enshrinement, glorification., hero, man of mark, great card, celebrity, worthy, lion, rara avis, notability, somebody; classman; man of rank (nobleman); pillar of the state, pillar of the church, pillar of the community., chief (master); first fiddle (proficient); cynosure, mirror; flower, pink, pearl; paragon (perfection); choice and master spirits of the age; elite; star,.sun, constellation, galaxy. ornament, honor, feather in one's cap, halo, aureole, nimbus; halo of glory, blaze of glory, blushing honors; laurels (trophy)., memory, posthumous fame, niche in the temple of fame; immortality, immortal name; magni nominis umbra [Lucan].
-verbs
be conscious of glory; be proud of (pride); exult (boast); be vain of (vanity)., be distinguished; shine (light); shine forth, figure; cut a figure, make a dash, make a splash., rival, surpass; outshine, outrival, outvie, outjump; emulate, eclipse; throw into the shade, cast into the shade; overshadow., live, flourish, glitter, flaunt, gain honor , acquire honor; play first fiddle (be of importance), bear the palm, bear the bell; lead the way; take precedence, take the wall of; gain laurels, win laurels, gain spurs, gain golden opinions (approbation) [more]; take one's degree, pass one's examination., make a noise, make some noise, make a noise in the world; leave one's mark, exalt one's horn, star it, have a run, be run after; come into vogue, come to the front; raise one's head., enthrone, signalize, immortalize, deify, exalt to the skies; hand one's name down to posterity., consecrate; dedicate to, devote to; enshrine, inscribe, blazon, lionize, blow the trumpet, crown with laurel., confer honor on, reflect honor on; shed a luster on; redound.to one's honor, ennoble., give honor to, do honor to, pay honor to, render honor to; honor, accredit, pay regard to, dignify, glorify; sing praises to (approve); lock up to; exalt, aggrandize, elevate, nobilitate.
-adjectives
distinguished, distingue, noted; of note; honored; popular; fashionable., in good odor in; favor, in high favor; reputable, respectable, creditable., remarkable (important); notable, notorious; celebrated, renowned, ion every one's mouth, talked of; famous, famed; far-famed; conspicuous, to the front; foremost; in the front rank, in the ascendant., imperishable, deathless, immortal, never fading, aere perennius; time-honored.
-phrases
one's name being in every mouth, one's name living for ever; sic itur ad astra, fama volat, aut Caesar aut nullus; not to know him argues oneself unknown; none but himself could be
Antonyms: disrepute
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Main Entry: celebrity
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: fame, notoriety
Synonyms: distinction, eminence, glory, honor, notability, popularity, preeminence, prestige, prominence, renown, reputation, repute, stardom, éclat
Antonyms: obscurity
Main Entry: character
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: individuality
Synonyms: appearance, aspect, attribute, badge, bent, caliber, cast, complex, complexion, constitution, crasis, disposition, emotions, estimation, ethos, frame, frame of mind, genius, grain, habit, humor, kind, makeup, mettle, mood, morale, mystique, nature, personality, quality, record, reputation, repute, sense, set, shape, singularity, sort, specialty, spirit, standing, streak, style, temper, temperament, tone, trait, turn, type, vein
Notes: character is what one is; reputation is what one is thought to be by others
Main Entry: character
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: integrity
Synonyms: courage, fame, honor, intelligence, mind, name, place, position, rank, rectitude, rep, report, reputation, repute, standing, station, status, uprightness
Main Entry: consequence
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: importance, significance
Synonyms: account, concern, exigency, fame, honor, import, interest, magnitude, moment, momentousness, need, note, pith, portent, renown, reputation, repute, signification, value, weight, weightiness
Antonyms: insignificance, unimportance, worthlessness
Main Entry: consequence
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person's status
Synonyms: cachet, dignity, distinction, eminence, notability, position, prestige, rank, repute, standing, state, stature, status
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