Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Having a good reputation; honorable.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • 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.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Having, or worthy of, good repute; held in esteem; honorable; praiseworthy

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Having a good reputation; honourable.

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

  • adjective having a good reputation

Etymologies

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repute +‎ -able

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Examples

  • 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.

    A Woman Intervenes Robert Barr 1881

  • Assuming good handling in reputable stores, the best way to taste wines that the consumer is going to buy is to buy them yourself.

    Sierra missed, parte dos! A blind tasting of Sierra Carche | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009

  • Unfortunately the highly organized naysayers who cannot ever seem to get published in reputable scientific journals do manage to get much of the mention in the press.

    Jackson Promises to Put Science First at E.P.A. - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009

  • Even in reputable publications, however, usage is decidedly mixed, and discrepancies can result in editorial mix-ups, as Merriam-Webster has shown.

    Data is data, or are they? 2009

  • We call reputable repairmen who might have been recommended by a friend.

    Babes with a Beatitude Linda P. Kozar 2009

  • They never seemed to have trouble finding excerpts in reputable review sources.

    Here they are, Roger Sutton 2006

  • All bien-pensants can instantly see how much better it is to bask in reputable ignorance.

    Archive 2004-12-12 Steve Sailer 2004

  • Everyone can instantly see how much better the world was back when it basked in reputable ignorance on the question of what drives the red-blue divide.

    Garance Franke-Ruta vs. Steve Sailer Steve Sailer 2004

  • Everyone can instantly see how much better the world was back when it basked in reputable ignorance on the question of what drives the red-blue divide.

    Archive 2004-12-05 Steve Sailer 2004

  • All bien-pensants can instantly see how much better it is to bask in reputable ignorance.

    If I can make it there, I'll make it anywhere: Steve Sailer 2004

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