esteemed

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adjective

es·​teemed i-ˈstēmd 

: highly regarded

an esteemed author

my esteemed colleagues

our esteemed leader/guests

He also wrote to Richard Randolph's stepfather, the esteemed lawyer St. George Tucker …

—Garry Wills

… combined his esteemed position as a barrister with an increasingly high-profile writing career …

—Lucy Scholes

… William Allen White was widely esteemed as, in Life magazine's words, "An American Institution."

—David M. Kennedy

… her freshman year at perhaps Virginia's most esteemed university …

—Lia Russell

If, as they say, I am a Man of Letters I come, like my fellows, at the tail-end of a long once esteemed tradition in English and American writing.

—V. S. Pritchett

esteemed

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past tense and past participle of esteem entry 2

Synonyms of esteemed

Adjective

• respected
• respectable
• prestigious
• reputable
• reputed
• distinguished
• renowned
• estimable

Examples of esteemed in a Sentence

Adjective

concerned about his heart, my grandfather went to see an esteemed cardiac specialist

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

The Benton show focuses mostly on Pusey’s prints, drawing exclusively from the collection of Ian White, artist, educator and son of esteemed artist Charles White. — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026

Beyond access to esteemed experts, attendees will have the opportunity to meet and chat with so many incredible women. — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 8 Oct. 2026

Paul Vaughan was the voice of the BBC’s heavyweight science series Horizon, and Radio 4’s esteemed arts show Kaleidoscope. — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026

Even when Monét isn’t being quite as playful as on past releases, her personality sparkles brighter than her esteemed guests. — Molly Mary O’Brien, Pitchfork, 7 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1549, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for esteemed

• unredeemed
• beamed
• creamed
• deemed
• dreamed
• gleamed
• leamed
• reamed
• schemed
• screamed
• seamed
• seemed