revered

adjective

re·​vered ri-ˈvird 

: regarded with reverence : regarded as worthy of great honor and respect

… Vince Carter, a member of the U. S. basketball team and still a state hero after having been a star on the University of North Carolina's revered hoops team.

—Erin Whalen

Here are some of their greatest monasteries and the remains of their most revered saints.

—Janine Di Giovanni

… because [Doina] Melinte was the 1984 Olympic gold medalist at 800 meters, she remains one of Romania's most revered citizens.

—Merrell Noden

Synonyms

• hallowed
• reverend
• sacred
• venerable
• venerated

Examples of revered in a Sentence

a professor who is highly revered at the college where she has taught for the last four decades

Recent Examples on the Web

After two decades of side projects and pseudo-reunions, the revered Welsh rock trio Mclusky have finally recorded a new album—their first in 20 years. —Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 12 Feb. 2025

Lauren Mayberry District Music Hall, 71 Wall St., Norwalk Lauren Mayberry, the voice of the revered Scottish band Chvrches, comes to District Music Hall solo on her Vicious Creatures tour. —Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 8 Feb. 2025

However, factions within Iran’s theocracy are still likely to oppose talks, whether out of their own self interest or over anger that Trump ordered the 2020 drone strike that killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the country’s top general and a revered figure. —Nasser Karimi, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025

There are small groups of demographers, scattered around the world at some of our most revered institutions, asking some of the biggest questions of all: How many people will be alive 50 years from now? —Dylan Scott, Vox, 5 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1661, in the meaning defined above