esteemed

adjective

es·teemed i-ˈstēmd

Synonyms of esteemed next

: 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

Examples of esteemed in a Sentence

concerned about his heart, my grandfather went to see an esteemed cardiac specialist

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And those gaffes are pointed out in front of the whole team, even if they are committed by esteemed leaders. —

Mike Jones, The Athletic, 25 Jan. 2025 On Kimberly Taking the Risks to Protest Kimberly is on track to realize her dream of becoming a Supreme Court Justice, especially with her special spot in a seminar for older students with an esteemed guest professor played by Tig Notaro. —

Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 24 Jan. 2025 The esteemed cartoonist, illustrator, playwright, author, and teacher Jules Feiffer died last week, at the age of ninety-five. —

Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2025 The event unfolded as an iconic tribute for an esteemed cast member. —

Kevin Spear, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for esteemed