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endorses

VERB

support, authorize

Synonyms

STRONGEST

advocate affirm approve back commend confirm defend favor okay praise ratify recommend sanction uphold

STRONG

accredit attest authenticate bless boost certify champion countenance guarantee push second sustain underwrite warrant witness

WEAK

back up give a boost to give green light give one's word give the go-ahead give the nod go along with go to bat for go with lend one's name to rubber-stamp stand behind stand up for stump for subscribe to vouch for

Antonyms

STRONGEST

attack censure criticize deny disagree disapprove discourage dissuade invalidate oppose refuse reject renounce veto

STRONG

halt

WEAK

protest repel unauthorize

VERB

countersign a check

Synonyms

STRONGEST

sign

STRONG

authenticate autograph cosign notarize subscribe superscribe undersign underwrite

WEAK

add one's name to put John Hancock on put signature on rubber-stamp say amen to sign off on sign on dotted line

Antonyms

WEAK

censure disapprove oppose protest reject repel unauthorize

Example Sentences

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It is lost on me how he could square those poetic words with the decision he endorses in Callais.

From Slate • Apr. 30, 2026

He endorses a plan my administration announced in 2020, showing that New York City has a future.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

Wilkins in 1884 – just 16 years after the ratification of the 14th Amendment – endorses “the principle that no one can become a citizen of a nation without its consent.”

From Salon • Dec. 9, 2025

Ms Linden told PA that while she was "very sad" at the couple's deaths, she "completely endorses" their decision and understands why they took it.

From BBC • Sep. 26, 2025

Even more extreme is the case where a celebrity endorses a diet or medicine or whatever, in which case we have a sample of one, and generally a paid sample at that.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos