esteem

Meanings

Noun

• Favourable regard.

Verb

• To set a high value on; to regard with respect or reverence.
• To regard something as valuable; to prize.
• To look upon something in a particular way.
• To judge; to estimate; to appraise

Related

Similar words

• respect, revere
• cherish

Opposite words

• contemn, despise
• scorn, slight

Origin

• First at end of 16th century; borrowed from Middle French estimer, from Latin aestimō ("to value, rate, weigh, estimate"); see estimate and aim, an older word, partly a doublet of esteem.