ESTEEM
Dictionary entry overview: What does esteem mean?
• ESTEEM (noun)
The noun ESTEEM has 3 senses:
1. the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded)
2. a feeling of delighted approval and liking
3. an attitude of admiration or esteem
Familiarity information: ESTEEM used as a noun is uncommon.
• ESTEEM (verb)
The verb ESTEEM has 2 senses:
1. regard highly; think much of
2. look on as or consider
Familiarity information: ESTEEM used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ESTEEM (noun)
Meaning:
The condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
esteem; respect; regard
Context examples:
it is held in esteem / a man who has earned high regard
Hypernyms ("esteem" is a kind of...):
honor; honour; laurels (the state of being honored)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "esteem"):
stature (high level of respect gained by impressive development or achievement)
Antonym:
disesteem (the state in which esteem has been lost)
Meaning:
A feeling of delighted approval and liking
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Synonyms:
admiration; esteem
Hypernyms ("esteem" is a kind of...):
liking (a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "esteem"):
Anglophilia (admiration for England and English customs)
hero worship (admiration for great men (or their memory))
philhellenism (admiration for Greece and the Greeks and Greek customs)
philogyny (admiration for women)
Meaning:
An attitude of admiration or esteem
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
esteem; respect; regard
Context example:
she lost all respect for him
Hypernyms ("esteem" is a kind of...):
attitude; mental attitude (a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "esteem"):
estimate; estimation (the respect with which a person is held)
• ESTEEM (verb)
Meaning:
Regard highly; think much of
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
esteem; respect; prise; prize; value
Context examples:
I respect his judgement / We prize his creativity
Hypernyms (to "esteem" is one way to...):
consider; reckon; regard; see; view (deem to be)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "esteem"):
think the world of (esteem very highly)
fear; revere; reverence; venerate (regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of)
admire; look up to (feel admiration for)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
Sam cannot esteem Sue
Antonym:
disesteem (have little or no respect for; hold in contempt)
Meaning:
Look on as or consider
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
take to be; repute; regard as; look upon; look on; esteem; think of
Context examples:
she looked on this affair as a joke / He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician / He is reputed to be intelligent
Hypernyms (to "esteem" is one way to...):
believe; conceive; consider; think (judge or regard; look upon; judge)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
