| Main Entry: | esteem |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think highly of |
Synonyms: |
admire, appreciate, apprise, be fond of, cherish, consider, hold dear, honor, idolize, like, look up to, love, prize, regard, regard highly, respect, revere, reverence, think the world of, treasure, value, venerate, worship |
Antonyms: |
abuse, dislike, disregard, disrespect, hate, insult, mock, ridicule |
| Main Entry: | esteem |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | consider, believe |
Synonyms: |
account, calculate, deem, estimate, hold, judge, rate, reckon, regard, think, view |
Antonyms: |
deride, disbelieve, disregard, disrespect |
| Main Entry: | admire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold in high regard |
Synonyms: |
adore, applaud, appreciate, approve, be crazy about, be crazy for, be crazy over, be mad about, be nuts about, be stuck on, be sweet on, be wild about, cherish, commend, credit, delight in, esteem, eulogize, extol, fall for, get high on, glorify, go for, groove on, hail, hold in respect, honor, idolize, laud, look up to, marvel at, moon over, pay homage to, praise, prize, rate highly, respect, revere, take pleasure in, think highly of, treasure, value, venerate, wonder at, worship |
Antonyms: |
abhor, condemn, despise, detest, dislike, execrate, hate, scorn |
| Main Entry: | adore |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | love intensely |
Synonyms: |
admire, be crazy about, be gone on, be mad for, be nuts about, be serious about, be smitten with, be stuck on, be sweet on, be wild about, cherish, delight in, dig*, dote on, esteem, exalt, fall for, flip over, glorify, go for, honor, idolize, prize, revere, reverence, treasure, venerate, worship |
Antonyms: |
abhor, condemn, despise, detest, hate |
| Main Entry: | appreciate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | value highly |
Synonyms: |
admire, adore, applaud, apprise, cherish, enjoy, esteem, extol, honor, like, look up to, love, praise, prize, rate highly, regard, relish, respect, savor, treasure |
| Notes: | the use of 'appreciate' should involve valuing something or understanding it sympathetically, and when there is no value or sympathy, use 'recognize' or 'understand'; appreciate first meant 'set at a price; appraised' |
| Main Entry: | approve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | agree something is good |
Synonyms: |
accept, acclaim, admire, applaud, appreciate, approbate, be big on, commend, countenance, esteem, face it, favor, go along with, grin and bear it, handle, like, live with, praise, put up with, regard highly, respect, roll with punches, string along with, take up on, think highly of |
Antonyms: |
disagree, disapprove |
| Main Entry: | beloved |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | adored |
Synonyms: |
admired, cared for, cherished, darling, dear, dearest, doted on, endeared, esteemed, fair-haired, favorite, hallowed, highly regarded, highly valued, idolized, loved, near to one's heart, pet*, pleasing, popular, precious, prized, respected, revered, sweet, treasured, venerated, well-liked, worshiped |
Antonyms: |
despised, disliked, hated |
| Main Entry: | count |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | consider, deem |
Synonyms: |
await, esteem, expect, hope, impute, judge, look, look upon, rate, regard, think |
Antonyms: |
disregard, ignore |
| Main Entry: | dear |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beloved, favorite |
Synonyms: |
cherished, close, darling, doll face, endeared, esteemed, familiar, intimate, loved, pet, precious, prized, respected, treasured |
Antonyms: |
common, despised, hateful, unimportant, valueless, worthless |
| Main Entry: | deem |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | regard, consider |
Synonyms: |
account, allow, appraise, assume, be afraid, believe, calculate, conceive, conjecture, credit, daresay, divine, esteem, estimate, expect, feel, guess, hold, imagine, judge, know, presume, reckon, sense, set store by, suppose, surmise, suspect, think, understand, view |