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

Team Ruff defeated Team Fluff, 72-69, to paw the esteemed Lombarky Trophy. —Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2025

Live Nation Productions is hoping that Green Day fans will have the time of their lives with a new comedy movie inspired by the esteemed punk band. —Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Feb. 2025

My esteemed friend Vadim Levenson, a physician in Russia, would recount the doctors from his pathology department meeting every morning to see who was taken the day before. —Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025

Published on February 6, 2025 Brian Kitts; Amazon Photo : Brian Kitts The apartment rests on the fourth floor of a 1920s Beaux-Arts-style building designed by esteemed architect Conrad A. Meussdorffer. —Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 6 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1549, in the meaning defined above