to+be+reverenced+or+revered
21venerable — Synonyms and related words: acknowledged, admirable, admitted, advanced, advanced in life, advanced in years, age old, aged, ageless, along in years, ancient, antediluvian, antique, aristocratic, august, auld, awe inspiring, awesome, awful,… …
22well-thought-of — Synonyms and related words: accepted, acclaimed, admired, admitted, adored, advocated, applauded, appreciated, approved, backed, creditable, cried up, esteemed, estimable, favored, favorite, held in esteem, held in respect, highly considered,… …
23divine — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. godlike, superhuman; celestial, heavenly; holy, spiritual; religious. See deity, religion, goodness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Having qualities of a god] Syn. godlike, godly, supernal, superhuman,… …
24holy — holy, sacred, divine, spiritual, religious, blessed are comparable chiefly as epithets applied to persons or things associated with religion or worship and therefore either regarded with special reverence or veneration or thought of as having a… …
25sacred — 1 *holy, divine, blessed, spiritual, religious Analogous words: dedicated, consecrated, hallowed (see DEVOTE): cherished, treasured, valued (see APPRECIATE) Antonyms: profane Contrasted words: secular, lay, temporal (see PROFANE) 2 Sacred,… …
26sacrosanct — inviolate, inviolable, *sacred Analogous words: respected, regarded, esteemed (see corresponding verbs under REGARD n): revered, venerated, reverenced (see REVERE) …
27venerable — *old, ancient, antique, antiquated, archaic, obsolete, antediluvian Analogous words: venerated, revered, reverenced (see REVERE): *aged, old …
28blessed — adj 1. consecrated, sanctified, hallowed, sacred, holy, divine; venerated, reverenced, revered; glorified, extolled, exalted; sainted, canonized, Rom. Cath. Ch. beatified. 2. happy, joyful, joyous, exultant, blissful; elated, buoyant, sunny,… …
29dreadful — adj 1. terrible, grievous, grim, dire, baleful, dark; terrifying, frightful, direful, dread, terrific, appalling; alarming, distressing, harrowing, rending; redoubtable, fearsome, formidable, awful; horrible, horrid, horrendous, monstrous,… …
30fearful — adj 1. dreadful, dread, terrifying, frightful, direful, appalling; terrible, grievous, grim, dire, baleful, dark; alarming, distressing, harrowing, rending; redoubtable, fearsome, formidable, awful; horrible, horrendous, monstrous, atrocious;… …
