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Esteem

To set a value on; to appreciate the worth of; to estimate; to value; to reckon.

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Manner of action 5

Admire 76% connected

To regard with wonder or astonishment; to view with surprise; to marvel at.

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Fear 76% connected

A variant of Fere, a mate, a companion.

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Revere 76% connected

To regard with reverence, or profound respect and affection, mingled with awe or fear; to venerate; to reverence; to honor in estimation.

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Reverence 76% connected

Profound respect and esteem mingled with fear and affection, as for a holy being or place; the disposition to revere; veneration.

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Venerate 76% connected

To regard with reverential respect; to honor with mingled respect and awe; to reverence; to revere; as, we venerate parents and elders.

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Broader term 12

Attitude 76% connected

The posture, action, or disposition of a figure or a statue.

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Believe 76% connected

To exercise belief in; to credit upon the authority or testimony of another; to be persuaded of the truth of, upon evidence furnished by reasons, arg…

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Conceive 76% connected

To receive into the womb and begin to breed; to begin the formation of the embryo of.

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Consider 76% connected

To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to think on with care; to ponder; to study; to meditate on.

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Honor 76% connected

Esteem due or paid to worth; high estimation; respect; consideration; reverence; veneration; manifestation of respect or reverence.

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Honour 76% connected

a woman's virtue or chastity

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Liking 76% connected

of Like

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Reckon 76% connected

To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.

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Regard 76% connected

To keep in view; to behold; to look at; to view; to gaze upon.

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See 76% connected

A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

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Think 76% connected

To seem or appear; -- used chiefly in the expressions methinketh or methinks, and methought.

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View 76% connected

The act of seeing or beholding; sight; look; survey; examination by the eye; inspection.

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Narrower term 5

Estimate 76% connected

To judge and form an opinion of the value of, from imperfect data, -- either the extrinsic (money), or intrinsic (moral), value; to fix the worth of…

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Estimation 76% connected

The act of estimating.

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Philogyny 76% connected

Fondness for women; uxoriousness; -- opposed to misogyny.

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Stature 76% connected

The natural height of an animal body; -- generally used of the human body.

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Respect 74% connected

To take notice of; to regard with special attention; to regard as worthy of special consideration; hence, to care for; to heed.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Respect 74% connected

To take notice of; to regard with special attention; to regard as worthy of special consideration; hence, to care for; to heed.

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Admiration 92% connected

Wonder; astonishment.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Prise 92% connected

An enterprise.

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Prize 92% connected

That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Regard 92% connected

To keep in view; to behold; to look at; to view; to gaze upon.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Repute 92% connected

To hold in thought; to account; to estimate; to hold; to think; to reckon.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Respect 92% connected

To take notice of; to regard with special attention; to regard as worthy of special consideration; hence, to care for; to heed.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Value 92% connected

The property or aggregate properties of a thing by which it is rendered useful or desirable, or the degree of such property or sum of properties; wor…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Antonym 2

Disesteem 94% connected

Want of esteem; low estimation, inclining to dislike; disfavor; disrepute.

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Disesteem 94% connected

Want of esteem; low estimation, inclining to dislike; disfavor; disrepute.

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