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

First launched in 1989, this esteemed affair is set to return for its 36th iteration this year, with no shortage of elevated drinking and dining experiences taking place within the city’s world-class Boston Harbor Hotel. —Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025

Now in an esteemed stateside collection, this 335 S was used by movie director Michael Mann as a reference for the race cars in his recent Ferrari biopic. —Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 14 Jan. 2025

Another regular Square One actor was the esteemed audiobook narrator Davina Porter. —Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2025

She’s earned a powerful reputation in Chattanooga, where the trans activist is president of the local board that oversees the city’s pride festivities, and, as a skilled designer, has even had her esteemed fashions displayed as art in galleries after teaching herself to sew at a young age. —EW.com, 10 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1549, in the meaning defined above