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

• estimable
• name
• prestigious
• recognized
• reputable
• reputed
• respectable
• respected

Examples of esteemed in a Sentence

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

Recent Examples on the Web

Some of these opinions are explored in the new six-part MSNBC documentary series David Frost Vs., which highlights television interviews conducted by the esteemed British journalist with luminaries like Ali, Jane Fonda, Elton John and the Beatles over the years. —Jeremy Helligar, People.com, 3 May 2025

On May 31, the esteemed multihyphenate will launch his No Bandwidth one-man show at New York’s iconic Apollo Theater, his first totally solo trek. —Kyle Denis, Billboard, 2 May 2025

Ava DuVernay, the esteemed filmmaker who created and directed the Martin Luther King Jr. biopic Selma (2014), won the award in 2022. —Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2025

Notable deaths in 2025 A look back at the esteemed personalities who left us this year, who'd touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity. —David Morgan, CBS News, 25 Apr. 2025

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