reputationnoun [ C usually singular, U ]
uk/ˌrep.jəˈteɪ.ʃən/us/ˌrep.jəˈteɪ.ʃən/B2 the opinion that people in general have about someone or something, or how much respect or admiration someone or something receives, based on past behaviour or character:
The company has a worldwide reputation for quality.
She has the reputation of being a good doctor.
His reputation was destroyed when he was caught stealing some money.
The hotel has a bad/good reputation.
He earned/established/gained/acquired a reputation as an entertaining speaker.
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- Recent discoveries about corruption have done serious damage to the company's reputation.
- The government's reputation has already been harmed by a series of scandals.
- The newspaper has a reputation for being littered with spelling mistakes.
- She has a reputation for open-mindedness and original thinking.
- Actors' reputations have been made and unmade on this London stage.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Reputation
- by reputation idiom
- cred
- credibility
- disreputable
- disrepute
- honorably
- honourable
- infamous
- infamy
- mud
- mud sticks idiom
- notoriety
- notorious
- reputable
- repute
- reputed
- smoke
- standing
- there's no smoke without fire idiom
- your name is mud idiom
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Idiom(s)
by reputation