REPUTE
Dictionary entry overview: What does repute mean?
• REPUTE (noun)
The noun REPUTE has 1 sense:
1. the state of being held in high esteem and honor
Familiarity information: REPUTE used as a noun is very rare.
• REPUTE (verb)
The verb REPUTE has 1 sense:
1. look on as or consider
Familiarity information: REPUTE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• REPUTE (noun)
Meaning:
The state of being held in high esteem and honor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
reputation; repute
Hypernyms ("repute" is a kind of...):
honor; honour; laurels (the state of being honored)
Attribute:
reputable (having a good reputation)
disreputable (lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "repute"):
black eye (a bad reputation)
stock (the reputation and popularity a person has)
character (good repute)
name (a person's reputation)
fame (favorable public reputation)
Antonym:
disrepute (the state of being held in low esteem)
• REPUTE (verb)
Meaning:
Look on as or consider
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
look upon; regard as; repute; take to be; esteem; look on; think of
Context examples:
she looked on this affair as a joke / He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician / He is reputed to be intelligent
Hypernyms (to "repute" is one way to...):
believe; conceive; consider; think (judge or regard; look upon; judge)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
