REPUTABLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reputable mean? 

• REPUTABLE (adjective)
  The adjective REPUTABLE has 1 sense:

1. having a good reputation

  Familiarity information: REPUTABLE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REPUTABLE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having a good reputation

Context example:

a reputable wine

Similar:

esteemed; honored; prestigious (having an illustrious reputation; respected)

estimable; good; honorable; respectable (deserving of esteem and respect)

redoubtable (worthy of respect or honor)

respected; well-thought-of (receiving deferential regard)

time-honored; time-honoured (acceptable for a long time)

Also:

honorable; honourable (worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect)

respectable (characterized by socially or conventionally acceptable morals)

Attribute:

reputation; repute (the state of being held in high esteem and honor)

Antonym:

disreputable (lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance)

Derivation:

reputability (honorableness by virtue of being respectable and having a good reputation)

 Context examples 

I dare say there is always some reputable tradesman's wife or other going up.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

In this character, it was frequently his fortune to be the last reputable acquaintance and the last good influence in the lives of downgoing men.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

It must have been an inside job—this can happen, even at a reputable bank.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

A fortnight later, by excellent good fortune, the doctor gave one of his pleasant dinners to some five or six old cronies, all intelligent, reputable men and all judges of good wine; and Mr. Utterson so contrived that he remained behind after the others had departed.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)