noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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rĭ-pyoo͞t′
/ɹɪˈpjuːt/
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rhymes with -uːt
CMU ARPABET:R IY0 P Y UW1 T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Reputation, especially a good reputation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
To attribute or credit something to something; to impute.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To consider, think, esteem, reckon (a person or thing) to be, or as being, something
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
the state of being held in high esteem and honor
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: reputation
Antonyms: disrepute
Broader terms: honor, honour, laurels
Narrower terms: black eye, stock, character, name, fame
5
verb
Meaning 5
look on as or consider
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
she looked on this affair as a joke
He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician
He is reputed to be intelligent
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: think of, regard as, look upon, look on, esteem, take to be
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: think, believe, consider, conceive
History
Etymology
From Old French reputer, from Latin reputō (“to count over, reckon, calculate, compute, think over, consider”), from re- (“again”) + putō (“to think”).
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bengali:
শোহরৎ
(śōhorot)
— reputation, especially a good reputation
Bulgarian:
репутация
(reputacija)
— reputation, especially a good reputation
Bulgarian:
реноме́
(renomé)
— reputation, especially a good reputation
Chinese Mandarin:
聲望 /声望
(shēngwàng)
— reputation, especially a good reputation
Czech:
reputace
— reputation, especially a good reputation
Dutch:
reputatie de
— reputation, especially a good reputation
Esperanto:
reputacio
— reputation, especially a good reputation
French:
réputation
— reputation, especially a good reputation
German:
Ruf
— reputation, especially a good reputation
Greek:
φήμη
(fími)
— reputation, especially a good reputation
Hebrew:
מוֹנִיטִין
(monitin)
— reputation, especially a good reputation
Hebrew:
שֵׁם
(shaym)
— reputation, especially a good reputation
Italian:
rinomanza
— reputation, especially a good reputation
Japanese:
評判
— reputation, especially a good reputation
Korean:
평판
(pyeongpan)
— reputation, especially a good reputation
Portuguese:
reputação
— reputation, especially a good reputation
Russian:
до́брая сла́ва
(dóbraja sláva)
— reputation, especially a good reputation
Spanish:
reputación
— reputation, especially a good reputation
Swedish:
renommé
— reputation, especially a good reputation
Ottoman Turkish:
صان
(san)
— reputation, especially a good reputation
Ottoman Turkish:
اعتبار
(i’tibâr)
— reputation, especially a good reputation
Ottoman Turkish:
شان
(şan)
— reputation, especially a good reputation
Ottoman Turkish:
چاو
(çav)
— reputation, especially a good reputation
Chinese Mandarin:
對聲望 /对声望
(duì shēngwàng)
— to attribute or credit something to something
Hebrew:
נֶחְשַׁב
(nekhshav)
— to attribute or credit something to something
Hebrew:
חָשַׁב ל
(khashav le-)
— to attribute or credit something to something
Portuguese:
reputar
— to attribute or credit something to something
