esteem

n. admiration, respect

v. respect, honor, admire, value

For other uses, see Kudos (disambiguation). Kudos (IPA pronunciation: ), from the Greek κύδος kydos (literally "that which is heard of") means "fame" and "renown" resulting from an act or achievement. Extending "kudos" to another individual is often done as a praising remark. It entered English as british university slang in the early 1800s. In Standard English, as in Greek, Kudos is a singular and not a plural noun. However, in common use, one frequently encounters dialects and idiolects in which the noun is plural: She received many kudos ['ku:doʊz] for her work.
See more at Wikipedia.org...

Noun
1. the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded); "it is held in esteem"; "a man who has earned high regard"
(synonym) regard, respect
(antonym) disesteem
(hypernym) honor, honour, laurels
(hyponym) stature
(derivation) respect, value, prize, prise
2. a feeling of delighted approval and liking
(synonym) admiration
(hypernym) liking
(hyponym) Anglophilia
(derivation) respect, value, prize, prise
3. an attitude of admiration or esteem; "she lost all respect for him"
(synonym) respect, regard
(hypernym) attitude, mental attitude
(hyponym) estimate, estimation
(derivation) respect, value, prize, prise
Verb
1. regard highly; think much of; "I respect his judgement"; "We prize his creativity"
(synonym) respect, value, prize, prise
(antonym) disrespect, disesteem
(hypernym) see, consider, reckon, view, regard
(hyponym) think the world of
(derivation) respect, regard
2. look on as or consider; "she looked on this affair as a joke"; "He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician"; "He is reputed to be intelligent"
(synonym) think of, repute, regard as, look upon, look on, take to be
(hypernym) think, believe, consider, conceive

(v. t.)
To set a value on; to appreciate the worth of; to estimate; to value; to reckon.
  

(v. t.)
To set a high value on; to prize; to regard with reverence, respect, or friendship.
  

(v. t.)
High estimation or value; great regard; favorable opinion, founded on supposed worth.
  

(v. t.)
Estimation; opinion of merit or value; hence, valuation; reckoning; price.
  

(v. i.)
To form an estimate; to have regard to the value; to consider.
  

Synonyms and related words:
OK, accept, acceptance, accord respect to, account, account as, adherence, adjudge, adjudicate, admiration, admire, adoration, adore, allow, apotheosis, apotheosize, appreciate, appreciation, apprize, approbation, approval, approve, approve of, ascendancy, ascribe importance to, assume, authority, awe, be afraid, be judicious, believe, bless, blessing, breathless adoration, charisma, charm, cherish, clout, conceive, consequence, consider, consideration, control, count, countenance, courtesy, credit, daresay, dearly love, deem, defer to, deference, deification, deify, dignity, distinction, dominance, domination, duty, effect, eminence, enchantment, endorse, endorsement, entertain respect for, estimate, estimation, evaluate, exaggerated respect, exalt, exercise judgment, expect, express an opinion, fame, fancy, favor, favorable vote, force, form an opinion, glory, good feeling, great respect, greatness, guess, have a hunch, have an idea, have an impression, have an inkling, have the idea, hero worship, hero-worship, high regard, hold, hold as, hold dear, hold in esteem, hold in reverence, hold with, homage, honor, idolatry, idolization, idolize, imagine, importance, incidental power, influence, influentiality, insinuation, judge, keep in countenance, leadership, leverage, like, liking, look up to, look upon as, love, love to distraction, magnetism, maintain, make much of, mastery, memorability, moment, nod, notability, noteworthiness, opine, personality, persuasion, pine, potency, power, predominance, preponderance, pressure, prestige, presume, prize, prominence, purchase, rank, rate, rate highly, reckon, regard, reign, remarkableness, renown, reputation, repute, respect, revere, reverence, reverential regard, rule, salience, sanction, say, seal of approval, set down as, set store by, stamp of approval, suasion, subtle influence, suggestion, suppose, supremacy, surmise, suspect, sway, take, take for, take it, take kindly to, think, think highly of, think much of, think of, think well of, treasure, trow, uphold, upper hand, valuation, value, venerate, veneration, view, view as, view with favor, voice, vote, ween, weight, whip hand, worship, worth, yea, yea vote