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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Estimable \Es"ti*ma*ble\, adjective [F. estimable, or L. aestimabilis. See {Esteem}.]
1. Capable of being estimated or valued; as, estimable damage. --Paley. .
2. Valuable; worth a great price. [R.]
A pound of man's flesh, taken from a man, Is not so estimable, profitable neither, As flesh of muttons, beefs, or goats. --Shak.
3. Worth of esteem or respect; deserving our good opinion or regard.
A lady said of her two companions, that one was more amiable, the other more estimable. --Sir W. Temple.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Estimable \Es"ti*ma*ble\, noun A thing worthy of regard. [R.]
One of the peculiar estimables of her country. --Sir T. Browne.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
estimable
adjective
1: deserving of respect or high regard [ant: {contemptible}]
2: deserving of esteem and respect; "all respectable companies give guarantees"; "ruined the family's good name" [syn: {good}, {honorable}, {respectable}]
3: may be computed or estimated; "a calculable risk"; "computable odds"; "estimable assets" [syn: {computable}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
188 Moby Thesaurus words for "estimable": Christian, admirable, admired, advantageous, appraisable, appreciable, assessable, august, auspicious, authoritative, awe-inspiring, awesome, awful, beneficial, benevolent, beyond all praise, blameless, bon, bonny, braw, bueno, calculable, capital, celebrated, charismatic, charming, clean, cogent, commendable, computable, consequential, conspicuous, countable, creditable, decent, deserving, determinable, distinguished, dreadful, effective, effectual, efficacious, elegant, eminent, enchanting, erect, esteemed, ethical, excellent, exceptional, exemplary, expedient, extraordinary, fair, famous, fathomable, favorable, fine, full of integrity, gaugeable, good, goodly, grand, healthy, held in esteem, helpful, high-minded, high-principled, highly esteemed, highly regarded, highly reputed, highly respectable, honest, honorable, honored, immaculate, important, in favor, in good odor, in high favor, influential, inviolate, irreproachable, just, kind, laudable, law-abiding, law-loving, law-revering, magnetic, manly, marked, measurable, memorable, mensurable, meritorious, meterable, model, momentous, moral, nice, noble, notable, noteworthy, noticeable, numberable, numerable, of mark, outstanding, perceptible, personable, persuasive, pleasant, potent, powerful, praiseworthy, prestigious, principled, profitable, prominent, pure, quantifiable, quantizable, rare, reckonable, regal, remarkable, rememberable, reputable, reputed, respectable, respected, revered, reverend, right, right-minded, righteous, royal, salient, signal, skillful, sound, special, splendid, spotless, stainless, sterling, striking, strong, suasive, substantial, telling, time-honored, true-dealing, true-devoted, true-disposing, true-souled, true-spirited, truehearted, unblemished, uncorrupt, uncorrupted, undefiled, unexceptionable, unforgettable, unimpeachable, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, untarnished, upright, uprighteous, upstanding, useful, valid, valuable, valued, venerable, venerated, very good, virtuous, weighty, well-deserving, well-thought-of, winning, worshipful, worthy, yeomanly
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