esteemed

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

Synonyms of esteemed

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

Examples of esteemed in a Sentence

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

Recent Examples on the Web

Miami rap legends, including Trick Daddy, Flo-Rida and DJ Khaled, were honored by the esteemed nonprofit 5000 Role Models for their volunteer work in Miami-Dade County. —Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2026

The company enters 2026 with early clinical data in hand, esteemed physician collaborators, and multiple studies underway. —Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 17 Jan. 2026

Monographs from esteemed Black artists cover her coffee table; hundreds of vintage Vogue magazines line the wall. —Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2026

Kokuho follows an ambitious young Kabuki actor, Kikuo (played by Ryo Yoshizawa), who after being orphaned following the murder of his Yakuza clan father, is taken under the wing by an esteemed yet acerbic Kabuki master, Hanjiro Hanai (played by Ken Watanabe). —Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 12 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1549, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for esteemed

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