| Main Entry: | panegyric |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | laudatory |
Synonyms: |
acclamatory, complimentary, praising |
| Main Entry: | citation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | award |
Synonyms: |
bidding, charge, commendation, encomium, mention, panegyric, reward, salutation, summons, tribute |
Antonyms: |
demerit |
| Main Entry: | commendation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | giving of praise; acclaim |
Synonyms: |
Brownie points, PR, acclamation, approbation, approval, award, bouquet, credit, encomium, encouragement, good opinion, honor, panegyric, pat on the back, pat on the head, pay, plum, points, posy, puff, pumping up, rave, recommendation, shot in the arm, stroke, stroking, tribute |
Antonyms: |
blame, censure, criticism, disapproval, reprimand |
| Main Entry: | compliment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | praise, flattery |
Synonyms: |
acclaim, acclamation, admiration, adulation, applause, appreciation, approval, blessing, bouquet*, buttering up, cajolery, commendation, comp, confirmation, congratulations, courtesy, encomium, endorsement, eulogy, favor, felicitation, good word, homage, honor, kudo, laud, laudation, laurels, notice, orchid, ovation, panegyric, pat on the back, posy, regard, respects, sanction, sentiment, tribute, veneration, warm fuzzy |
| Notes: | complement is 'to complete, round out' and compliment is 'to praise or admire' and as a noun it is an expression of praise or admiration |
Antonyms: |
blame, censure, complaint, criticism, denunciation, insult, libel, slander |
| 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: | praise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | congratulations; adoration |
Synonyms: |
acclaim, acclamation, accolade, applause, appreciation, approbation, approval, big hand, boost, bravo, celebration, cheer, cheering, citation, commendation, compliment, cry, devotion, encomium, esteem, eulogy, exaltation, extolment, flattery, glorification, glory, good word, homage, hurrah, hymn, kudos*, laudation, obeisance, ovation, panegyric, pat on the back, plaudit, puff, rave, recognition, recommendation, regard, sycophancy, thanks, tribute, worship |
Antonyms: |
blame, censure, condemnation, criticism |
| Main Entry: | speech |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | formal talk to audience |
Synonyms: |
address, allocution, appeal, bombast, chalk talk, commentary, debate, declamation, diatribe, discourse, disquisition, dissertation, eulogy, exhortation, harangue, homily, invocation, keynote, lecture, opus, oration, oratory, panegyric, paper, parlance, parley, pep talk, pitch, prelection, recitation, rhetoric, salutation, sermon, spiel*, stump, tirade, valedictory |
Antonyms: |
listening |
| Main Entry: | tribute |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | testimonial, praise |
Synonyms: |
accolade, acknowledgment, applause, appreciation, citation, commendation, compliment, encomium, esteem, eulogy, gift, gratitude, honor, laudation, memorial, offering, panegyric, recognition, recommendation, respect, salutation, salvo |
Antonyms: |
accusation, blame, criticism |
| Main Entry: | encomium |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | compliment |
Synonyms: |
accolade, commendation, eulogy, laudation, panegyric, praise, salutation, tribute |