repute
Americannoun
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estimation in the view of others; reputation.
persons of good repute.
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favorable reputation; good name; public respect.
- Synonyms:
- honor, distinction
- Antonyms:
- dishonor
verb (used with object)
verb
noun
Synonym Usage
See credit.
Other Word Forms
Conjugated Forms
Present
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has reputedperfect 3rd person singular
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have reputedperfect
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are reputingprogressive
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have been reputingperfect progressive
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am reputingprogressive 1st person singular
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has been reputingperfect progressive 3rd person singular
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is reputingprogressive 3rd person singular
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reputingparticiple
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reputessingular 3rd person
Past
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had reputedperfect
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was reputingprogressive singular
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had been reputingperfect progressive
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reputedsimple
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were reputingprogressive plural
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reputedparticiple
Future
Etymology
Origin of repute
1400–50; late Middle English reputen (v.) < Middle French reputer < Latin reputāre to compute, consider, equivalent to re- re- + putāre to think
Explanation
A person of great or fine repute is someone who's widely known and highly respected. The word has a stuffy feel, so you're better off describing a cellist as being of great repute than, say, a rapper or comedian. Like the words reputation and putative, repute comes from the Latin word putare, which means "consider." And the re? Let's say that the cellist Yo-Yo Ma is widely respected. That means a lot of people consider him to be great. He's considered great not just once but again (and again and again).
Vocabulary lists containing repute
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Example Sentences
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“The U.A.E. is signaling that regardless of how the war ends, they have lost faith in the value of regional cooperation,” said Sam Worby, managing director of Global Repute, a geopolitical advisory firm.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026
My gracious Lords, Repute me not a blemish to my Sex, In that I strove to cure a desperate evil With a more violent remedy: your lives, Your honours are your own.
From The Laws of Candy Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (3 of 10) by Beaumont, Francis
Repute, rē-pūt′, v.t. to account or estimate: to hold.—n. estimate: established opinion: character.—adv.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
Repute of a kind they gained, but it was by glib falsifications of all that is noble in sentiment, thought, and action, all that is good and true.
From The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius by Grand, Sarah
Strype speaks of it as a "very handsome large Court, with new buildings fit for gentry of Repute."
From The Strand District The Fascination of London by Besant, Walter, Sir
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