Synonyms for esteem

Synonyms for (noun) esteem

Synonyms: esteem, regard, respect

Definition: an attitude of admiration or esteem

Usage: she lost all respect for him

Similar words: attitude, mental attitude

Definition: a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways

Usage: he had the attitude that work was fun


Synonyms: admiration, esteem

Definition: a feeling of delighted approval and liking

Similar words: liking

Definition: a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment

Usage: I've always had a liking for reading; she developed a liking for gin


Synonyms: esteem, regard, respect

Definition: the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded)

Usage: it is held in esteem; a man who has earned high regard

Similar words: laurels, honor, honour

Definition: the state of being honored


Synonyms for (verb) esteem

Synonyms: think of, take to be, look on, look upon, regard as, repute, esteem

Definition: look on as or consider

Usage: she looked on this affair as a joke; He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician; He is reputed to be intelligent

Similar words: think, believe, conceive, consider

Definition: judge or regard; look upon; judge

Usage: I think he is very smart; I believe her to be very smart; I think that he is her boyfriend; The racist conceives such people to be inferior


Synonyms: value, esteem, prise, prize, respect

Definition: regard highly; think much of

Usage: I respect his judgement; We prize his creativity

Similar words: reckon, regard, consider, view, see

Definition: deem to be

Usage: She views this quite differently from me; I consider her to be shallow; I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do


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