1. The condition of being honoured (esteemed or respected or well regarded)
   "it is held in esteem"
   - regard, respect 
2. A feeling of delighted approval and liking
   - admiration 
3. An attitude of admiration or esteem
   - respect, regard

1. Regard highly; think much of
   - respect, value, prize, prise [Brit, Cdn] 
2. Look on as or consider
   - think of, repute, regard as, look upon, look on, take to be

Derived forms: esteemed, esteeming, esteems

Type of: attitude, believe, conceive, consider, fete, fête, honor [US], honour [Brit, Cdn], laurels, liking, mental attitude, reckon, regard, see, think, view

Antonym: disesteem

Encyclopedia: Esteem

• unaccounted
• unaccounted for
• unaccredited
• unaccustomed
• unachievable
• unachievably
• unacknowledged
• unacquainted
• unacquainted with
• unacquisitive
• unactable
• unadaptability
• unadaptable
• unadapted
• unaddicted
• unaddressed
• unadjustable
• unadjusted
• unadmonished
• unadoptable
• unadorned
• unadulterated
• unadventurous
• unadvisable
• unadvised