revere stresses deference and tenderness of feeling.
a professor revered by her students
reverence presupposes an intrinsic merit and inviolability in the one honored and a similar depth of feeling in the one honoring.
reverenced the academy's code of honor
venerate implies a holding as holy or sacrosanct because of character, association, or age.
heroes still venerated
worship implies homage usually expressed in words or ceremony.
worships their memory
adore implies love and stresses the notion of an individual and personal attachment.
we adored our doctor
Example Sentences
Verb The family reveres old traditions. in some cultures people revere their ancestors, even leaving food offerings for them
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
This sequel finds Maverick put in charge of a bunch of promising new pilots though not all of them revere him. Keith Phipps, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2022 Tuesday would have been the Randhurst Mall’s 60th birthday, and ought to be celebrated by art historians who revere the Basilica of Saint-Denis. Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2022 For their part, the Natchez of latter-day Mississippi pretended to revere their all-knowing dictator but in fact ran free, knowing that their monarch was too much of a homebody to go after them. Virginia Heffernan, Wired, 11 July 2022 Give ourselves just cause to revere our future again. Elise Brisco, USA TODAY, 8 June 2022 But this is indicative of the single-minded nature of the climber-directors, who seem to revere Washburn even more for his cartological contributions to their endeavors than for the breathtaking nature of his photographs. John Anderson, WSJ, 5 May 2022 Like many African Americans born long after the civil rights era, Lawson doesn’t necessarily revere Lincoln as a hero.Washington Post, 29 May 2022 Israeli-Palestinian tensions have been heightened by repeated outbreaks of violence at Al-Aqsa Mosque compound — the holiest site in Jerusalem for Muslims and for Jews, who revere it as the Temple Mount, the site of two ancient Jewish temples. Ronen Bergman, BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2022 People largely revere the Avengers, the saviors of the planet. Chris Smith, BGR, 13 June 2022
Noun
While Pollock is among the artists the Gutai revere, Steir takes their agenda a step further, leaving more space for the paint itself to surface. Kelsey Ables, Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2020 See More
Word History
Etymology
Verb
borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French reverer, borrowed from Latin reverērī "to stand in awe of, treat with deference," from re-re- + verērī "to show reverence for, fear" — more at ware entry 2