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Adjective reverend has 1 sense
- revered, reverenced, reverend, sublime, venerated - worthy of adoration or reverence
Antonym: profane (indirect, via sacred)
Noun reverend has 2 senses
- clergyman, reverend, man of the cloth - a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church
--1 is a kind of spiritual leader
--1 is a member of clergy
--1 has particulars: | acolyte; anagnost; archdeacon; chaplain; cleric, churchman, divine, ecclesiastic; curate, minister, parson, pastor, rector; deacon; dominus, dominie, domine, dominee; doorkeeper, ostiary, ostiarius; lector, reader; officiant; ordinand; ordinary; postulator; preacher, preacher man, sermonizer, sermoniser; priest; shepherd; subdeacon; vicar; vicar; Beecher, Henry Ward Beecher; Donne, John Donne; Keble, John Keble; King, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Jr.; Wesley, John Wesley; Wesley, Charles Wesley; Williams, Roger Williams |
- Reverend - a title of respect for a clergyman
--2 is a kind of title, title of respect
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