revered
/ɹɪˈvɪə(ɹ)d/adjective, verb
revered is an adjective meaning “Respected or given reverence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-E-V-E-R-E-D and has 2 syllables, and it appears 2.2 times per million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does revered mean?
adjective
- 1
Respected or given reverence.
Near-synonyms: reverend, estimable; see also Thesaurus:respectable
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of revere
The villagers revered their religious leader for his example of pious conduct.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce revered?
- /ɹɪˈvɪə(ɹ)d/
Revered has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-revered.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of revered
- more revered comparative
- most revered superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is revered?
Revered appears 2.2 times per million words in written English, the 18,537th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).