Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | applause |
| Synonyms: | acclaim, acclamation, accolade, big hand, cheering, cheers, clapping, commendation, hand, hurrahs, kudos, laudation, ovation, praise, raves, rooting, stamping, standing ovation |
dɪt| Main Entry: | acclaim |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expression of approval |
| Synonyms: | PR, acclamation, acknowledgment, applause, approbation, celebration, cheering, clapping, commendation, eulogizing, exaltation, honor, kudos, pat on the back, pat on the head, plaudits, praise, puff, pumping up, rave, recognition, strokes, stroking |
| Antonyms: | beratement, criticism, disapproval, jeering, vituperation |
| Main Entry: | acclamation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enthusiastic expression of approval |
| Synonyms: | acclaim, adulation, applause, approbation, big hand, cheer, cheering, cheers, hand, honor, jubilation, laudation, ovation, plaudits, salutation, standing O, tribute |
| Notes: | acclimation is the process of becoming accustomed to a situation while acclamation is a loud public expression of enthusiastic approval |
| Antonyms: | disapproval |
| Main Entry: | applause |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clapping; expression of approval |
| Synonyms: | acclaim, acclamation, accolade, approbation, big hand, bring down the house, cheering, cheers, commendation, eulogizing, hand, hand-clapping, hurrahs, kudos, laudation, ovation, plaudits, praise, rooting, round, standing ovation |
| Antonyms: | silence |
| Main Entry: | cheer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | applause, supportive yell |
| Synonyms: | acclamation, approbation, approval, cry, encouragement, hurrah, hurray, huzzah, ovation, plaudits, roar, shout |
| Antonyms: | boo |
| Main Entry: | encore |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | another round of applause; repeat |
| Synonyms: | acclamation, cheers, number, plaudits, praise, reappearance, repeat performance, repetition, response, return |
| Main Entry: | eulogy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | praise, acclamation |
| Synonyms: | acclaim, accolade, adulation, applause, citation, commendation, compliment, encomium, exaltation, glorification, laudation, paean, panegyric, plaudit, salutation, tribute |
| Antonyms: | calumny, condemnation, criticism |
| Main Entry: | exaltation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | promotion, praise |
| Synonyms: | acclaim, acclamation, advancement, aggrandizement, apotheosis, applause, blessing, dignity, elevation, eminence, ennoblement, extolment, glorification, glory, grandeur, high rank, homage, honor, idolization, laudation, lionization, loftiness, magnification, panegyric, plaudits, prestige, reverence, rise, tribute, upgrading, uplifting, worship |
| Antonyms: | castigation, condemnation, criticism, debasement, denunciation, humiliation |
| Main Entry: | flattery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | false praise, compliments |
| Synonyms: | adulation, applause, approbation, blandishment, blarney, bootlicking, cajolery, commendation, encomium, eulogy, eyewash, fawning, flattering, flummery, fulsomeness, gallantry, gratification, hokum, honeyed words, incense, ingratiation, jive, laud, mush, obsequiousness, palaver, plaudits, pretty speech, puffery, servility, smoke*, snow job, snow*, soft words, soft-soap, stroke*, sweet talk, sycophancy, toadyism, tribute, truckling, unctuousness |
| Antonyms: | belittlement, castigation, condemnation, criticism, denunciation, insult, offense |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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