Meanings
present singular third person venerates · participle present venerating · participle past venerated · past venerated
- transitiveTo treat with great respect and deference.
Synonyms: esteem, honor, look up to, esteem, honor, idolize, lay store by, look up to
- transitiveTo revere or hold in awe.
[…] we cannot but venerate in Johnson one of the most exercised minds that our holy religion hath ever formed.
1791, James Boswell, “[1756]”, in James Boswell, editor, The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. […], volume I, London: […] Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, […], →OCLC, page 168Synonyms: exalt, laud, praise, aggrandize, applaud, enthrone, appraise, belaud
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo treat with great respect and deference.
verbTo revere or hold in awe.
More synonyms by meaning
verbregard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinvenerātus
- Englishvenerate
First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin venerātus, perfect active participle of veneror (“to worship, venerate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic بَجَّلَ
- بَجَّلَ (bajjala)To treat with great respect and deference
Bulgarian почитам, уважавам
- почитам (počitam)To treat with great respect and deference
- уважавам (uvažavam)To treat with great respect and deference
- прекланям се (preklanjam se)To revere or hold in awe
- благоговея (blagogoveja)To revere or hold in awe
Catalan venerar
- venerarTo treat with great respect and deference
Czech ctít, vážit si
- ctítTo treat with great respect and deference
- vážit siTo treat with great respect and deference
- chovat v úctěTo treat with great respect and deference
- uctívatTo revere or hold in awe
Dutch eerbiedigen, vereren
- eerbiedigenTo treat with great respect and deference
- vererenTo revere or hold in awe
Finnish kunnioittaa, arvostaa
- kunnioittaaTo treat with great respect and deference
- arvostaaTo treat with great respect and deference
- kunnioittaaTo revere or hold in awe
- arvostaaTo revere or hold in awe
French vénérer
- vénérerTo treat with great respect and deference
German anhimmeln, anbeten
- anhimmelnTo revere or hold in awe
- anbetenTo revere or hold in awe
Italian adorare, colere
- adorareTo revere or hold in awe
- colereTo revere or hold in awe
- riverireTo revere or hold in awe
- venerareTo revere or hold in awe
Latin veneror, veneror
- venerorTo treat with great respect and deference
- venerorTo revere or hold in awe
Māori whakarangatira, whakakorōria
- whakarangatiraTo treat with great respect and deference
- whakakorōriaTo treat with great respect and deference
- whakamihaTo treat with great respect and deference
- whakahōnoreTo treat with great respect and deference
- kauanuanuTo treat with great respect and deference
- whakamānawaTo treat with great respect and deference
Portuguese venerar, venerar
- venerarTo treat with great respect and deference
- venerarTo revere or hold in awe
Russian почита́ть, преклоня́ться
- почита́ть (počitátʹ)To treat with great respect and deference
- преклоня́ться (preklonjátʹsja)To revere or hold in awe
Spanish venerar, venerar
- venerarTo treat with great respect and deference
- venerarTo revere or hold in awe
Swedish vörda, helga
- vördaTo treat with great respect and deference
- helgaTo treat with great respect and deference
Tamil போற்றுதல்
- போற்றுதல் (pōṟṟutal)To treat with great respect and deference
Vietnamese tôn kính
- tôn kínhTo treat with great respect and deference
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
venerate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/venerate
“venerate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/venerate. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “venerate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/venerate.
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