Definition of REPUTE

repute

Meanings

Plural: reputes

Noun

  • the state of being held in high esteem and honor
  • Reputation, especially a good reputation.

Verb

  • look on as or consider
    • "He is reputed to be intelligent"
  • To attribute or credit something to something; to impute.
  • To consider, think, esteem, reckon (a person or thing) to be, or as being, something

Origin / Etymology

From Old French reputer, from Latin reputo (“I count over, reckon, calculate, compute, think over, consider”), from re- (“again”) + puto (“I think”).

Synonyms

esteem, look on, look upon, regard as, reputation, take to be, think of

Antonyms

disrepute

Scrabble Score: 8

repute is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
repute is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
repute is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

repute is a valid Words With Friends word