as in venerable
deserving honor and respect especially by reason of age
a beloved and venerated professor who has been a fixture on campus for decades
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as in worshipped
to offer honor or respect to (someone) as a divine power
a proper setting in which to venerate God
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Recent Examples of venerated
Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 24 Mar. 2026
Not only because its casting displays a high degree of difficulty in finding actors who also sing and dance, including an exciting discovery in Miles Caton, but also because casting director Francine Maisler is a venerated figure within Hollywood.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026
Over the course of three Sundays, Image contributing photographer Jennelle Fong captured stylish visitors with their bounty at the venerated Hollywood Farmers Market.
—Jennelle Fong
contributing Photographer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026
The Westerner, with eyes narrowed and speech slowed by a drawl, has become a venerated figure to people far removed from the species’ native habitat, the American range of yesterday that today doesn’t exist and, more to the point, save for artistic revisionist accounts, never did.
—Miles Beller, HollywoodReporter, 4 Feb. 2026
He was charged with dozens more counts of criminal mischief, burglary, intentional desecration of a venerated object and other crimes.
—Emma Caughlan, NBC news, 9 Jan. 2026
Gerlach has been charged with 26 counts of burglary and criminal trespassing, in addition to abuse of a corpse and desecration and theft or sale of venerated objects.
—Alexandra Simon, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
Gwynne died in Manhattan in 1948, probably never knowing his cocktail would go on to become a venerated classic.
—Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 15 Nov. 2025
As part of her glam process, Biles turned to makeup artist Deja Blackwell, who used Danessa Myricks Beauty by Danessa Myricks products for the venerated gymnast’s makeup look.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2025
U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
Dozens of firearms also were recovered, including handguns with images of Santa Muerte (a Mexican folk saint venerated by drug dealers) and more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition.
—Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2026
In ancient Greece certain mortals who had achieved kleos (glory or fame) in life were venerated in death.
—Literary Hub, 27 Feb. 2026
His mother, Sonia Sorel, was an actress and artist, and his father, John Carradine, was a prolific and venerated character actor.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 24 Feb. 2026
Seahorses are already venerated for having the unusual reproductive trait of the males being the ones that get pregnant.
—K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2026
Since becoming a global celebrity in the mid-’90s, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy has become venerated for her restrained, aloof glamour.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 3 Feb. 2026
One example of a prominent woman in these writings is Thecla, venerated for her persistence, courage and influence.
—Christy Cobb, The Conversation, 16 Jan. 2026
Yoji shared that venerated director Akira Kurosawa always said that the camera should never be on stage when shooting a kabuki performance, nor move around to get close to the actors.
—Sara Merican, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
The venerated civil rights leader Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the UFW with Chavez and served as the union’s vice president, later came forward with her own accounts of abuse by Chavez.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 24 Mar. 2026
Not only because its casting displays a high degree of difficulty in finding actors who also sing and dance, including an exciting discovery in Miles Caton, but also because casting director Francine Maisler is a venerated figure within Hollywood.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026
Over the course of three Sundays, Image contributing photographer Jennelle Fong captured stylish visitors with their bounty at the venerated Hollywood Farmers Market.
—Jennelle Fong
contributing Photographer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026
The Westerner, with eyes narrowed and speech slowed by a drawl, has become a venerated figure to people far removed from the species’ native habitat, the American range of yesterday that today doesn’t exist and, more to the point, save for artistic revisionist accounts, never did.
—Miles Beller, HollywoodReporter, 4 Feb. 2026
He was charged with dozens more counts of criminal mischief, burglary, intentional desecration of a venerated object and other crimes.
—Emma Caughlan, NBC news, 9 Jan. 2026
Gerlach has been charged with 26 counts of burglary and criminal trespassing, in addition to abuse of a corpse and desecration and theft or sale of venerated objects.
—Alexandra Simon, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
Gwynne died in Manhattan in 1948, probably never knowing his cocktail would go on to become a venerated classic.
—Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 15 Nov. 2025
As part of her glam process, Biles turned to makeup artist Deja Blackwell, who used Danessa Myricks Beauty by Danessa Myricks products for the venerated gymnast’s makeup look.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2025
Verb
They were venerated as their tribes’ leaders.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
Dozens of firearms also were recovered, including handguns with images of Santa Muerte (a Mexican folk saint venerated by drug dealers) and more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition.
—Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2026
In ancient Greece certain mortals who had achieved kleos (glory or fame) in life were venerated in death.
—Literary Hub, 27 Feb. 2026
His mother, Sonia Sorel, was an actress and artist, and his father, John Carradine, was a prolific and venerated character actor.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 24 Feb. 2026
Seahorses are already venerated for having the unusual reproductive trait of the males being the ones that get pregnant.
—K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2026
Since becoming a global celebrity in the mid-’90s, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy has become venerated for her restrained, aloof glamour.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 3 Feb. 2026
One example of a prominent woman in these writings is Thecla, venerated for her persistence, courage and influence.
—Christy Cobb, The Conversation, 16 Jan. 2026
Yoji shared that venerated director Akira Kurosawa always said that the camera should never be on stage when shooting a kabuki performance, nor move around to get close to the actors.
—Sara Merican, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for venerated
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Not far from the venerable Madison Square Garden, the energy inside Life Time Sky basketball courts in midtown Monday was high.—
Nancy Kane,
New York Daily News,
1 Apr. 2026
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The last airframes were retired from active service in 2010, though the venerable fighter has continued to be used for training.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Those making more bookish and insular styles of the genre, like the Magnetic Fields and Belle and Sebastian, weren’t being worshipped as critical darlings; in some cases their records hadn’t made it to America yet.—
David Glickman,
Pitchfork,
27 Mar. 2026
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Clint, who worshipped his dad, was his sidekick on those travels in a Volkswagen van retrofitted to make room for a couple of horses.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Mar. 2026
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Eric Nadel is in a group that includes Mel Allen, Bob Uecker, Harry Kalas, Jerry Coleman, Denny Matthews, Red Barber, Ernie Harwell, Jon Miller, Jack Brickhouse, Marty Brennaman, Harry Caray, Jack Buck, and maybe the most revered of them all, Vin Scully.—
Mac Engel
April 2,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 Apr. 2026
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In February, a large contingent of city residents made the short drive into Indianapolis to one of Indiana’s most revered basketball cathedrals, Hinkle Fieldhouse.—
Michael Marot,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Venerated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/venerated. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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