think the world of

1. 1.

   esteem very highly

   “She thinks the world of her adviser”

   Broaderrespect

Questions about think the world of

What does think the world of mean?

think the world of means "esteem very highly".

Is think the world of a common word?

think the world of is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.