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Reputable

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Having a good reputation; honorable.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Having a good reputation; honourable.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Having, or worthy of, good repute; held in esteem; honorable; praiseworthy

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Being in good repute; held in esteem; estimable: as, a reputable man or character; reputable conduct.

Consistent with good reputation; not mean or disgraceful.

Synonyms Respectable, creditable, honorable.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. having a good reputation

Word Usage

"Each believes in his party, thinks his crowd is better than the other fellow's, so all you have to do is to nominate an honest man to represent each party, and then that divides what they call the reputable vote, and we real politicians get our man in between the two."

Equivalent

honored estimable redoubtable good prestigious

Cross Reference

honorable

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

creditable estimable respectable honorable praiseworthy

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

disreputable

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

respectable influential competent trustworthy prestigious