revere

verb

ri-ˈvir How to pronounce revere (audio)
Definition of reverenext
as in to venerate
to offer honor or respect to (someone) as a divine power in some cultures people revere their ancestors, even leaving food offerings for them

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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

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Recent Examples of revere He is revered by Bailey and the current cohort of major-league catchers as the godfather of pitch framing — a skill that always existed but hadn’t been quantified and fully leveraged until recent years. — Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025 Editor’s Note: The Hungarian Countess Louise J. Esterhazy was a revered — and feared — chronicler of the highs — and generally lows — of fashion, society, culture and more. — Louis J. Esterhazy, WWD, 20 Feb. 2025 Adapting a novel—especially one as revered as The Nickel Boys—into a film is a demanding and delicate process. — Okla Jones, Essence, 18 Feb. 2025 Hackman's decades-spanning career in the film industry was one revered by his peers and critics alike. — David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for revere
Recent Examples of Synonyms for revere
  1. venerate
  2. worship
  3. reverence
Verb
  • Also, a subculture referred to as Saints Culture, which venerates mass killers as almost superhuman figures, frames high-casualty attacks as the ultimate and only legacy worth emulating.
    — Odette Yousef, NPR, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Aquinas adds – and to me this is one of the most beautiful aspects of his reflections on relics – that venerating a relic is also a way of looking forward to the future resurrection of the body.
    — Therese Cory, The Conversation, 28 Jan. 2025
Definition of venerate
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  • The Dolls worshipped tough New York pop queens like the Ronettes and the Shangri-Las, cosplaying as bad girls and teetering on their high heels.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2025
  • The small congregation has worshipped online since the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and has been trying to get help to fix the roof so members could return to the building.
    — Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
Definition of worship
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  • Should reverence serve carelessness, even incoherence?
    — Joy Williams, Harper's Magazine, 2 May 2024
  • Saint Heron remains dedicated to empowering future art practitioners by reverencing the spiritual act of creating and spotlighting artists’ unwavering devotion to the intergenerational language of expression.
    — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 16 June 2023
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“Revere.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revere. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.

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