repute

[ri-pyoot]

noun

1. estimation in the view of others; reputation.

   persons of good repute.

2. favorable reputation; good name; public respect.

   Synonyms: honor, distinction
   Antonyms: dishonor

verb (used with object)

reputed, reputing 

1. to consider or believe (a person or thing) to be as specified; regard (usually used in the passive).

   He was reputed to be a millionaire.

   Synonyms: reckon, deem, hold

repute

/ rɪˈpjuːt /

verb

1. (tr; usually passive) to consider (a person or thing) to be as specified

   he is reputed to be intelligent

noun

1. public estimation; reputation

   a writer of little repute

Word History and Origins

Origin of repute¹

1400–50; late Middle English reputen (v.) < Middle French reputer < Latin reputāre to compute, consider, equivalent to re- re- + putāre to think

Word History and Origins

Origin of repute¹

C15: from Old French reputer , from Latin reputāre to think over, from _re- + putāre to think

Synonym Study

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Example Sentences

Their case follows the March conviction of Michael Lerma, 69, a reputed member of the Mexican Mafia who is originally from Pomona 12th Street.

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She knew that London was a large, bustling, and confusing city, and that one wrong turn might send them wandering down dark cobblestone streets that dead-ended at smelly slaughterhouses and riverfront establishments of ill repute.

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A reputed leader of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang was stabbed to death last week at Salinas Valley State Prison in Monterey County, authorities said.

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That distinction belongs to the 18-hole Royal Calcutta Golf Club, founded in 1829 and reputed to be the oldest outside Britain.

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A reputed member of the Locas, Wertz allegedly impersonated an FBI agent in an attempted home invasion robbery in February, hammering on the front door while holding a gun.

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Related Words

• renown