admires

verb

present tense third-person singular of admire
as in respects
to think very highly or favorably of I admire the way you handled such a touchy situation

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of admires The man then steps back, admires his work, and then proceeds to walk off the next mark by taking a few giants steps and laying down some more paint. — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026 Hackinen, a rider that Tonsager admires, appreciates Tonsager’s approach to competition. — Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 4 Oct. 2026 Art can use life without requiring the artist to remain permanently available to anyone who admires the finished work. — Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026 Anna, the film suggests, admires her husband warts and all, perhaps because there’s an enticing authenticity in all his inadequacies and brutish ways. — Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026 Bucci admires the modern show’s scale, organization and ambition, describing it as a festival of show jumping, with world-class facilities, footing, hospitality and stabling. — Gemma Redrup, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026 The backstory Once upon a time, there was a Spanish family blessed with a talent for finding historic buildings and transforming them into hotels that anyone who admires beauty and nature would want to visit. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Aug. 2026 The topic momentarily drifts to Chuck D, who Hanna greatly admires. — Kyle Eustice, SPIN, 18 Aug. 2026 Other recognizable Sacramento locations featured in the film include the McKinley Park Rose Garden, the East Sacramento house Lady Bird admires and the Tower Bridge. — Steve Large, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for admires
  1. respects
  2. appreciates
  3. regards
Verb
  • Statham said the Good Earth Cotton model has shown her that by and large, farmers want to do the right thing and appreciate guidance that respects their knowledge of their own businesses.
    — Jennifer Bringle, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The territory’s strategy is to build a sustainable tourism model that respects its environmental assets while increasing the economic contribution of the sector.
    — Panorama Media Ltd, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of respects
Verb
  • Maybe the Famesick book tour showed Lena Dunham just how much the world appreciates Girls now, or maybe new HBO owner David Ellison just loves the show that much.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Omelchenko appreciates the study authors’ ability to translate math to real life but notes that fully evaluating the possibilities of new stitches by using torus diagrams would be impractically expensive to compute.
    — Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of appreciates
Verb
  • Hence, the town still very much regards Rice as a movies executive.
    — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Evans, watching the exchange, regards his wife’s difficulty following the joke as further evidence that her mind simply works differently from everyone else’s.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of regards

Browse Nearby Words

admirers
admires
admiring
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Admires.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/admires. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

Copy Citation
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

Listen to the pronunciation of compunction

See Definitions and Examples »

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

'Can' vs. 'May'

'Affect' vs. 'Effect'

More Commonly Mispronounced Words

Is it 'nerve-racking' or 'nerve-wracking'?
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

The Longest Long Words List

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

Did 'orange' the fruit or the color come first?

Even More Bird Names that Sound Like Insults (and Sometimes Are)

12 Lovely and Unusual Words for the Natural World
See More

Popular

See More

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

The Longest Long Words List

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
artwork of illustrated limes with the text limes and smile with an arrow connecting the two words
Quiz: Spot the Anagram! Scramble these words to find new words with the e...
See All