esteem Definition

esteem
verb esteemed, esteeming

1. To value, respect or think highly of someone or something.

Thesaurus: appreciate, admire, honour, venerate, value, treasure, prize, cherish, hold, respect, revere.
2. formal
To consider someone to be a specified thing.
Thesaurus: consider, account, rate, estimate, view, judge, reckon, count, calculate, deem.

noun

1. High regard or respect.

Thesaurus: respect, regard, good opinion, honour, veneration, reverence, estimation, admiration, credit.

Derivative: esteemed

Respected.

especially formerly
In commercial correspondence: a colourless complimentary word.

Etymology: 15c: from French estimer, from Latin aestimare to estimate the value of something.