What is another word for repute?

Pronunciation: [ɹɪpjˈuːt] (IPA)

Repute refers to the status or reputation someone or something holds in public estimation. However, there are several synonyms that can be used in place of the word repute, depending on the context in which it is used. Some of these synonyms include reputation, standing, prestige, honor, fame, renown, and notability. While these words share similar meanings, they can also have slightly different connotations. For instance, reputation typically refers to the opinion or view of others, while standing suggests a position or level of prestige. Honor implies respect or admiration, whereas fame and renown suggest widespread recognition or acclaim. Ultimately, choosing the right synonym depends on the context of the sentence and the specific nuance the writer wants to convey.

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What are the opposite words for repute?

Repute is a word used to describe someone's standing or reputation, generally in a positive sense. Antonyms for repute include disrepute, infamy, notoriety, shame, and disgrace. Disrepute implies a loss of respect or status and suggests a decline in reputation. Infamy refers to a notorious or widely recognized reputation, usually associated with wrongdoing. Notoriety implies a negative reputation based on unsavory or scandalous behavior. Shame and disgrace both suggest a loss of honor or dignity, with shame being the feeling associated with a negative reputation and disgrace indicating a public condemnation of behavior.

Usage examples for Repute

I feel proud to think that the crop of clever fellows in Ireland is flourishing, and that when I, and a dozen like me, pass away, our places will be filled by others that will keep the repute of our great profession high in the public estimation.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
The concern in question was, as he had heard, one of excellent repute, and supposed to be carrying on a profitable mining business.
"The Greater Power"
Harold Bindloss W. Herbert Dunton
While I have no admiration for a correctly-styled "case lawyer," yet, were I to live my professional career over again, I would get my legal principles from a small but well-selected library of authors of established repute; and then I would consult leading cases on each topic or subject, as a help for their proper and logical application.
"Memoirs of Orange Jacobs"
Orange Jacobs

Famous quotes with Repute

  • Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
    Tacitus
  • The basis on which good repute in any highly organized industrial community ultimately rests is pecuniary strength; and the means of showing pecuniary strength, and so of gaining or retaining a good name, are leisure and a conspicuous consumption of goods.
    Thorstein Veblen
  • Open your mouth and purse cautiously, and your stock of wealth and reputation shall, at least in repute, be great.
    John Zimmerman
  • The man who backbites an absent friend, nay, who does not stand up for him when another blames him, the man who angles for bursts of laughter and for the repute of a wit, who can invent what he never saw, who cannot keep a secret - that man is black at heart mark and avoid him.
    Cicero
  • You lose your repute the moment when you compare yourself with unworthy people.
    Vikrant Parsai

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