esteemed
- adjective
- /ɪˈstimd/
- Formal
- Allow me to introduce my esteemed friend, who has made significant contributions to our field.
- highly esteemed
- an esteemed colleague
- an esteemed member
Thank you my fellow esteemed waffle and chicken makers.
- Thank you my fellow esteemed waffle and chicken makers.
- You're you'll have a reputation that's esteemed and deserved.
- And our third and most esteemed judge today is Chef Leo Palazzo.
- Which brings me to Doctor John Higgin, who is our esteemed guest today.
- And thirdly, they have a a tradition and an etiquette, a culture of being generous to esteemed guests.
- And my next guest, the esteemed Walter Longo, PhD, has devoted his life to this endeavor.
- These are esteemed media outlets who are telling us that a woman murdered a woman and it was simply untrue.
Examples
-
I am so thrilled to be here with our esteemed panelists today.
-
"My client, Dr. Blumenthal-Buchanan, is an esteemed physician in our state who has received national recognition for her work.
Fiction book (1991) -
Allow me to introduce my esteemed friend...
-
And you must be the esteemed Dr. Larry Cook.
-
Let's turn to our esteemed panel of judges.
-
Please welcome the esteemed editor in chief of People magazine, Dan Wakeford.
-
We hope you find the contributions of our esteemed authors illuminating and beneficial as you read the issue.
Academic text (2015) -
ACP Langston Hughes, the esteemed poet of the Black experience in America.
-
And my next guest, the esteemed Walter Longo, PhD, has devoted his life to this endeavor.
-
Most notable, perhaps, are the efforts of the esteemed South Carolina writer William Gilmore Simms.
Academic text (2015)
Synonyms
Causing people to admire it, like a building or performance, because it is very good
A person who behaves in a morally good way and deserves respect
Very successful and respected for important achievements or good character
People respect it for high quality or important achievements
Having good qualities that make people respect you
Well known and respected for important work
Worth praising because it is good or done well
Worthy of praise for doing something good
Worthy of praise or reward for good work
Admired by many people for good qualities
Respected and admired because of important achievements or a long history
Deeply respected and admired for age, wisdom, or good character
Many people admire a person or organization for good work and honest behaviour
Deserving approval or admiration
Worthy of respect and admiration
Many people say good things about it
Liked and respected by many people
A person or thing that people see as important because of good qualities
Respected and looked up to by many people
Grand and serious in a way that makes people respect it
Worth praise for good actions
Deserving praise or approval for doing something good
Antonyms
How Respected
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Esteemed comes from the Latin aestimare 'to value' and the Old French estimer, and it is related to the English word estimate, which is about judging value. So, to be esteemed is to be held in high 'value' or respect.