say it: ri-SPEK-tid
respected is an adjective meaning "receiving deferential regard". It is pronounced /ɹɪˈspɛktɪd/ — ri-SPEK-tid. It carries one recorded sense.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for respected come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.