reputation

Speech parts

1. reputation - Noun

2. reputation - Verb

Meaning

The estimation in which one is held; character in public opinion; the character attributed to a person, thing, or action; repute.

The character imputed to a person in the community in which he lives. It is admissible in evidence when he puts his character in issue, or when such reputation is otherwise part of the issue of a case.

Specifically: Good reputation; favorable regard; public esteem; general credit; good name.

Account; value.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

repute fame name report credit regard honor esteem character image standing prestige acclaim estimation renown
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Antonyms

attack silence contempt dislike shame obscurity
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Hypernyms

honor estimate estimation honour laurels notoriety

Hyponyms

fame name character stock black eye

Phrases with the word

your reputation precedes you blackening the reputation of by reputation reclusive reputation social reputation blacken the reputation of

Anagrams

putoranite

Examples

A good reputation is more valuable than money. Publilius Syrus

Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is the tree is the real thing. Abraham Lincoln

Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom. Euripides

The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour. Japanese Proverb

Better to die than to live on with a bad reputation. Vietnamese Proverb

The soldiers' blood, the general's reputation. Jamaican Proverb

Close letter words and terms

reputable reputableness reputably reputation economy reputation for reputational