| NOUN | state | esteem, regard, respect | the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded) |
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| feeling | esteem, admiration | a feeling of delighted approval and liking | |
| cognition | esteem, respect, regard | an attitude of admiration or esteem | |
| VERB | cognition | esteem, respect, value, prize, prise | regard highly |
| cognition | esteem, think of, repute, know as, be known as, regard as, look upon, look on, take to be | look on as or consider |
| Sounds | ahstiy'm | |
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| Rhymes | academe ... upstream: 40 rhymes with iym... | |
| Meaning | The condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded). | |
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| Example | "it is held in esteem" | |
| Synonyms | regard, respect | |
| Narrower | stature | high level of respect gained by impressive development or achievement |
| Broader | honor, honour, laurels | The state of being honored |
| Opposite | disesteem | The state in which esteem has been lost |
| Spanish | aprecio, estimación, estima, estimar, respeto | |
| Catalan | estimació, estima, estimar, respecte | |
| Verbs | esteem | regard highly |
| Meaning | A feeling of delighted approval and liking. | |
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| Synonym | admiration | |
| Narrower | Anglophilia | admiration for Britain and British customs |
| hero worship | admiration for great men (or their memory) | |
| philhellenism | admiration for Greece and the Greeks and Greek customs | |
| philogyny | admiration for women | |
| Broader | liking | A feeling of pleasure and enjoyment |
| Spanish | admiración, aprecio, estima | |
| Catalan | admiració, apreci, estima | |
| Verbs | esteem | regard highly |
| Meaning | An attitude of admiration or esteem. | |
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| Synonyms | respect, regard | |
| Narrower | estimate, estimation | The respect with which a person is held |
| Broader | attitude, mental attitude | A complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways / ways |
| Opposite | disrespect | A disrespectful mental attitude |
| Spanish | aprecio, consideración, estima, respeto | |
| Catalan | estima, respecte | |
| Verbs | esteem | regard highly |
| Meaning | Regard highly; think much of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | Sam cannot esteem Sue | |
| Synonyms | respect, value, prize, prise | |
| Narrower | admire, look up to | Feel admiration for |
| reverence, fear, revere, venerate | Regard with feelings of respect and reverence | |
| think the world of | esteem very highly | |
| Broader | see, consider, reckon, view, regard | deem to be |
| Opposite | disrespect, disesteem | Have little or no respect for |
| Spanish | apreciar, estimar, reputar, respetar, valorar | |
| Catalan | apreciar, estimar, respectar, valorar | |
| Nouns | esteem | an attitude of admiration or esteem |
| esteem | a feeling of delighted approval and liking | |
| esteem | the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded) | |
| Meaning | look on as or consider. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | think of, repute, know as, be known as, regard as, look upon, look on, take to be | |
| Broader | think, believe, consider, conceive | judge or regard |
| Spanish | considerar, estimar | |
| Catalan | considerar, estimar | |
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