deem: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 7 letter points · starts with D · ends with M
Meaning of deem
verb
- ditransitive
To hold in belief or estimation; to adjudge as a conclusion; to regard as being; to evaluate according to one's beliefs; to account.
Example: She deemed his efforts insufficient.
- ambitransitive
To think, judge, or have or hold as an opinion; to decide or believe on consideration; to suppose.
- obsolete, transitive
To judge, to pass judgment on; to doom, to sentence.
- obsolete, transitive
To adjudge, to decree.
Listed forms: deems, deeming, deemed, glossary, deemest.
Source: Wiktionary — deem.
noun
- obsolete
An opinion, a judgment, a surmise.
Listed forms: deems.
Source: Wiktionary — deem.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for deem.
verb
keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view
- hold
- view as
- take for
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is deem in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of deem
D(2) + E(1) + E(1) + M(3) = 7 points.
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Anagrams of deem
2 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from deem
7 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in deem. Showing up to 24, longest first.