compliment

Strongest matches

admiration, adulation, applause, blessing, commendation, courtesy, endorsement, homage, ovation, tribute

Strong matches

acclaim, acclamation, appreciation, approval, bouquet, cajolery, comp, confirmation, congratulations, encomium, eulogy, favor, felicitation, honor, laud, laurels, notice, orchid, panegyric, posy, regard, respects, sanction, sentiment, veneration

Weak matches

buttering up, good word, kudo, laudation, pat on the back, warm fuzzy

Strongest matches

applaud, cajole, commend, congratulate, endorse, extol, laud

Strong matches

acclaim, adulate, celebrate, charm, cheer, commemorate, eulogize, exalt, felicitate, glorify, hail, honor, magnify, please, recommend, salute, sanction, satisfy, soothe, toast, worship

Weak matches

butter up, fawn upon, give bouquet, hand it to, ingratiate oneself with, kudize, make much of, panegyrize, pat on the back, pay respects, pay tribute to, puff up, roose, sing praises of, speak highly of, take off hat to, trade last, wish joy to