esteem
/ɪˈstiːm/
esteem noun: assessment, estimation, or regard; especially; favourable estimation or regard.
Noun
esteem (usually uncountable, plural esteems)
- Assessment, estimation, or regard; especially; favourable estimation or regard.
- We hold her in high esteem.
- Many liqueurs, among them chartreuse and benedictine, have long been held in great esteem as aphrodisiac aids.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 138
Verb
esteem (third-person singular simple present esteems, present participle esteeming, simple past and past participle esteemed)
- To set a high value on; to regard with respect or reverence.
- Will he esteem thy riches?1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 36:19
- You talk kindlier: we esteem you for it.1847, Alfred Tennyson, “(please specify the page number, or |part=Prologue, I to VII, or conclusion)”, in The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- respect, revere, honor, idolize, lay store by, look up to, prize, hallow, put store by, put store in
- Antonyms:
- contemn, despise, despect, disrespect, disdain, disesteem, look down on, misrespect, scorn, spurn
- To regard something as valuable; to prize.
- Synonyms:
- cherish, treasure, value, appreciate, bedear, hold dear, prize, think much of
- To look upon something in a particular way.
- Then he forsook God, which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 32:15
- Thou shouldest (gentle reader) esteem his censure and authority to be of the more weighty credence.1535, Edmund Bonner, De vera obedientia by Stephen Gardiner (Preface)
- To judge; to estimate; to appraise
- The Earth, which I esteem unable to reflect the rays of the Sun.
esteem meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
esteem in Tamil
- மதிப்பளி, மதிப்பு
esteem in Urdu
- حرمت, عزت
esteem in Bengali
- শ্রদ্ধা, সম্মান, উচ্চ ধারণা পোষণ করা
esteem in Telugu
- esteem, regard, care, heed
- సరకు saraku
- esteem, respect
- ఎన్నిక ennika
- esteem, regard
- లెక్క lekka
- esteem or respect
- గురి guri
More languagesFewer languages
- esteem in Malayalam
- ആദരവ്, മതിപ്പ്, മാന്യത, വിലമതിക്കുക
- esteem in Kannada
- ಗೌರವ, ಆದರ, ಮರ್ಯಾದೆ, ಮಾನ್ಯತೆ
- esteem in Sanskrit
- मानयति mānáyati, गणयति gaṇayati, मति
Examples of esteem in a sentence
- Refuse him that esteem in a piquant and surprising manner, and you will be creating comedy.
- Many liqueurs, among them chartreuse and benedictine, have long been held in great esteem as aphrodisiac aids.
- PHO is the name of an Annamese soup held in high esteem.
Synonyms of esteem
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Antonyms
1 more antonymsFewer antonyms
Forms of esteem
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | esteems |
| alternative form (obsolete) | æsteem |
| alternative form (obsolete) | esteeme |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | esteems |
| present participle | esteeming |
| past participle | esteemed |
| past | esteemed |
Origin of esteem
First at end of 16th century; borrowed from Middle French estimer, borrowed from Latin aestimō. See estimate and aim, an older word, partly a doublet.
Words formed from esteem
Words that rhyme with esteem
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- upstream
- deem
- dream
- scream
- team
- academe
- bream
- downstream
- forebeam
- supreme
- teem
- A team
- ice cream
- under one's own steam
- abeam
- addeem
- astream
- beseem
- centime
- decime
- deme
- fleam
- inseam
- Karim
- preem
- rheme
- seem
- agleam
- breme
- buffer beam
- distream
- foredream
- haem
- heme
- Kareem
- kilim
- leam
- leme
- let off steam
- meem
- misesteem
- misseem
- neem
- on stream
- prime
- redream
- reem
- reim
Questions about esteem
- What does esteem mean?
- Esteem means assessment, estimation, or regard; especially; favourable estimation or regard.
- What is esteem in Tamil?
- Esteem in Tamil is மதிப்பளி, மதிப்பு. See Esteem meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is esteem?
- Esteem can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce esteem?
- Esteem is pronounced /ɪˈstiːm/.
- What is the plural of esteem?
- The plural of esteem is esteems.
Words near esteem in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: esteem (page history and authors); esteem (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); esteem (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Esteem (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ఎన్నిక (Telugu) (page history and authors); esteem (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); esteem (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); गणयति (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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