esteem (n.)
- acceptance
- account
- adherence
- admiration
- adoration
- allow
- apotheosis
- appreciation
- approbation
- approval
- ascendancy
- authority
- awe
- believe
- blessing
- charisma
- charm
- clout
- consequence
- consideration
- control
- count
- countenance
- courtesy
- credit
- deference
- deification
- dignity
- distinction
- dominance
- domination
- duty
- effect
- eminence
- enchantment
- endorsement
- estimate
- estimation
- fame
- fancy
- favor
- force
- glory
- greatness
- guess
- hold
- homage
- honor
- idolatry
- idolization
- importance
- influence
- insinuation
- judge
- leadership
- leverage
- like
- liking
- love
- magnetism
- mastery
- memorability
- moment
- nod
- notability
- opine
- personality
- persuasion
- pine
- potency
- power
- predominance
- preponderance
- pressure
- prestige
- prize
- prominence
- purchase
- rank
- rate
- regard
- reign
- renown
- reputation
- repute
- respect
- revere
- reverence
- rule
- salience
- sanction
- say
- suasion
- suggestion
- supremacy
- surmise
- suspect
- sway
- take
- think
- treasure
- valuation
- value
- veneration
- view
- voice
- vote
- ween
- weight
- worship
- worth
- yea
esteem (v.)
- accept
- account
- adjudge
- adjudicate
- admire
- adore
- allow
- apotheosize
- appreciate
- apprize
- approve
- assume
- awe
- believe
- bless
- charm
- cherish
- clout
- conceive
- consider
- control
- count
- countenance
- credit
- deem
- deify
- distinction
- effect
- endorse
- estimate
- evaluate
- exalt
- expect
- fame
- fancy
- favor
- force
- glory
- guess
- hero-worship
- hold
- honor
- idolize
- imagine
- influence
- judge
- leverage
- like
- love
- maintain
- nod
- opine
- pine
- power
- pressure
- presume
- prize
- purchase
- rank
- rate
- reckon
- regard
- reign
- repute
- respect
- revere
- reverence
- rule
- sanction
- say
- suppose
- surmise
- suspect
- sway
- take
- think
- treasure
- uphold
- value
- venerate
- view
- voice
- vote
- weight
- worship
They please, are pleas'd; they give to get esteem,
Till seeming blest, they grow to what they seem.
To know, to esteem, to love, and then to part,
Makes up life's tale to many a feeling heart!