revere

1. 1.

   love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol

   “Many teenagers idolized the Beatles”

   Synonymsidolizeidoliseworshiphero-worship

   Broaderadore

   Narrowerdrool over
2. 2.

   regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of

   “Fear God as your father”

   “We venerate genius”

   Synonymsreverencefearvenerate

   Broaderrespect

   Narrowerenshrineworship

Other forms of revere

plural

reveres·

past tense

revered·

present participle

revering·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about revere

What does revere mean?

revere means "American silversmith remembered for his midnight ride (celebrated in a poem by Longfellow) to warn the colonists in Lexington and Concord that British troops were coming (1735-1818)". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in revere?

revere has 2 syllables: re-vere. The stress falls on "vere". In IPA it is /ɹɪˈvɪɹ/.

What is another word for revere?

Close synonyms include Paul Revere, revers, idolize, idolise, worship. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is revere a common word?

revere is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with revere?

5 words rhyme with revere. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.