congratulation

[kuhn-grach-uh-ley-shuhn, -graj-, kuhng-] / kənˌgrætʃ əˈleɪ ʃən, -ˌgrædʒ-, kəŋ- /

NOUN

compliment

Synonyms

STRONGEST

applause commendation felicitation salute

STRONG

adulation praise

WEAK

laudation

Antonyms

STRONG

criticism

Example Sentences

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He received a hero's welcome on his return to the island and a message of congratulation from Usain Bolt.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2024

Overall, it was a sweet, positive show that at the same time avoided the air of self congratulation that often hangs around these events.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2024

Haydon thanked friends, family and strangers for their messages of congratulation.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 14, 2024

Then coaches and players would greet each other with various levels of congratulation, consolation and confusion.

From Washington Post • Apr. 5, 2021

Seeing me, she roused herself: she made a sort of effort to smile, and framed a few words of congratulation; but the smile expired, and the sentence was abandoned unfinished.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë