esteemed

1. 1.

   having an illustrious reputation; respected

   “our esteemed leader”

   “a prestigious author”

   Synonymshonoredprestigious

   Similarreputable

Other forms of esteemed

comparative

esteemedder·

superlative

esteemeddest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about esteemed

What does esteemed mean?

esteemed means "having an illustrious reputation; respected".

How many syllables are in esteemed?

esteemed has 2 syllables: e-steemed. The stress falls on "steemed". In IPA it is /ɪˈstimd/.

What is another word for esteemed?

Close synonyms include honored, prestigious. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is esteemed a common word?

esteemed is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with esteemed?

1 word rhymes with esteemed. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.