Synonyms:
repute, reputation
Meaning: the state of being held in high esteem and honor
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
think_of, repute, regard_as, look_upon, look_on, esteem, take_to_be
Meaning: look on as or consider; "she looked on this affair as a joke"; "He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician"; "He is reputed to be intelligent"
Usage examples
He would think himself in bad repute if he employed his life solely in living.
The knights of Cornwall are in ill repute in romance for their cowardice, and they exhibited it on this occasion.
How much more, then, must it be disagreeable to have the repute that one's living spirit was inflicting pain upon another!"
He was the chief deity of the city of Cuthah, which, Jastrow suggests, was situated beside a burial place of great repute, like the Egyptian Abydos.
She was a very clever teacher and a very incompetent business woman, so that her small school, of excellent standing and repute, proved difficult to finance.