| Main Entry: | appreciate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be grateful, thankful |
Synonyms: |
acknowledge, be appreciative, be indebted, be obliged, enjoy, flip over, freak out on, get high on, give thanks, groove on, welcome |
| Notes: | the use of 'appreciate' should involve valuing something or understanding it sympathetically, and when there is no value or sympathy, use 'recognize' or 'understand'; appreciate first meant 'set at a price; appraised' |
Antonyms: |
be critical, criticize, disparage, disregard, neglect, overlook |
| Main Entry: | appreciate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | increase in worth |
Synonyms: |
enhance, gain, grow, improve, inflate, raise the value of, rise |
Antonyms: |
decrease, depreciate, lose value |
| Main Entry: | appreciate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | recognize worth |
Synonyms: |
acknowledge, apprehend, be aware of, be cognizant of, be conscious of, catch the drift, comprehend, dig, fathom, grasp, know, perceive, read, realize, recognize, savvy, see daylight, sympathize with, take account of, understand |
| Main Entry: | appreciate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | value highly |
Synonyms: |
admire, adore, applaud, apprise, cherish, enjoy, esteem, extol, honor, like, look up to, love, praise, prize, rate highly, regard, relish, respect, savor, treasure |
| Main Entry: | admire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold in high regard |
Synonyms: |
adore, applaud, appreciate, approve, be crazy about, be crazy for, be crazy over, be mad about, be nuts about, be stuck on, be sweet on, be wild about, cherish, commend, credit, delight in, esteem, eulogize, extol, fall for, get high on, glorify, go for, groove on, hail, hold in respect, honor, idolize, laud, look up to, marvel at, moon over, pay homage to, praise, prize, rate highly, respect, revere, take pleasure in, think highly of, treasure, value, venerate, wonder at, worship |
Antonyms: |
abhor, condemn, despise, detest, dislike, execrate, hate, scorn |
| Main Entry: | apprehend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | understand |
Synonyms: |
absorb, accept, appreciate, believe, catch, comprehend, conceive, digest, fathom, get, get the picture, grasp, have, imagine, know, perceive, read, realize, recognize, sense, think |
Antonyms: |
misunderstand |
| Main Entry: | approve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | agree something is good |
Synonyms: |
accept, acclaim, admire, applaud, appreciate, approbate, be big on, commend, countenance, esteem, face it, favor, go along with, grin and bear it, handle, like, live with, praise, put up with, regard highly, respect, roll with punches, string along with, take up on, think highly of |
Antonyms: |
disagree, disapprove |
| Main Entry: | boom |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prosper |
Synonyms: |
appreciate, bloom, develop, enhance, expand, flourish, flower, gain, grow, increase, intensify, rise in value, spurt, strengthen, succeed, swell, thrive |
Antonyms: |
collapse, fail, falter, lose |
| Main Entry: | cherish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | care about deeply |
Synonyms: |
admire, adore, appreciate, apprize, care for, clasp, cleave to, cling to, coddle, comfort, cosset, cultivate, defend, dote on, embrace, encourage, enshrine, entertain, fancy, fondle, foster, guard, harbor, hold dear, hold in high esteem, honor, hug, idolize, like, love, nourish, nurse, nurture, pet, preserve, prize, revere, reverence, safeguard, shelter, shield, support, sustain, treasure, value, venerate, worship |
| Notes: | cherish means to be fond of, be attached to, while nurture means to bring up, help develop, help grow, or provide with nourishment |
Antonyms: |
abandon, denounce, forsake, not care, renounce |
| Main Entry: | comprehend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | understand |
Synonyms: |
appreciate, apprehend, assimilate, capiche, catch, click, cognize, conceive, dig*, discern, envisage, envision, fathom, get the picture, get*, gotcha, grasp, have, know, make out, perceive, read, savvy*, see, take in, tumble* |
Antonyms: |
misinterpret, mistake, misunderstand |