| Main Entry: | salute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | greet; honor |
Synonyms: |
accost, acknowledge, address, bow, call to, congratulate, hail, pay homage, pay respects, pay tribute, present arms, receive, recognize, snap to attention, speak, take hat off to, welcome |
| Main Entry: | salute/salutation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | greeting, recognition |
Synonyms: |
address, bow, howdy, kiss, obeisance, tribute, welcome |
Antonyms: |
farewell, goodbye |
| Main Entry: | acclaim |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give approval |
Synonyms: |
applaud, approve, blow horn, boost, celebrate, cheer, clap, commend, compliment, eulogize, exalt, extol, give a bouquet, give a posy, give kudos, hail, hand it to, hear it for, honor, laud, praise, puff up, push*, rave, recommend, root, salute, stroke* |
Antonyms: |
berate, censure, damn, denounce, disapprove, dishonor, vituperate |
| Main Entry: | accost |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | approach for conversation or solicitation |
Synonyms: |
address, annoy, bother, brace*, buttonhole, call, challenge, confront, cross, dare, entice, face, flag, greet, hail, proposition, run into, salute, welcome, whistle for |
Antonyms: |
avoid, dodge, evade, ignore, scorn, shun |
| Main Entry: | acknowledge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | verbally recognize receipt of something |
Synonyms: |
address, answer, greet, hail, notice, react, remark, reply, respond, return, salute, thank |
Antonyms: |
disregard, ignore |
| Main Entry: | acknowledgment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical symbol of recognition |
Synonyms: |
acclamation, addressing, answer, apology, applause, appreciation, bestowal, bow, card, confession, contract, credit, gift, gratitude, greeting, guarantee, hail, hailing, letter, nod, notice, reaction, receipt, reply, response, return, salutation, salute, signature, statement, support, thanks, token |
| Main Entry: | cheer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encourage in activity |
Synonyms: |
acclaim, applaud, clap, hail, hurrah, plug*, rise to, root, salute, sound off for, support, yell |
Antonyms: |
discourage, dishearten, dissuade |
| Main Entry: | commemorate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | honor, observe occasion |
Synonyms: |
admire, celebrate, immortalize, keep, memorialize, monument, monumentalize, observe, pay tribute to, perpetuate, remember, salute, solemnize |
Antonyms: |
dishonor, forget, neglect |
| Main Entry: | compliment |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | praise, flatter |
Synonyms: |
acclaim, adulate, applaud, butter up, cajole, celebrate, charm, cheer, commemorate, commend, congratulate, endorse, eulogize, exalt, extol, fawn upon, felicitate, give bouquet, glorify, hail, hand it to, honor, ingratiate oneself with, kudize, laud, magnify, make much of, panegyrize, pat on the back, pay respects, pay tribute to, please, puff up, recommend, roose, salute, sanction, satisfy, sing praises of, soothe, speak highly of, take off hat to, toast, trade last, wish joy to, worship |
| 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, complain, criticize, denounce, insult, libel, slander |
| Main Entry: | congratulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compliment on achievement, luck |
Synonyms: |
applaud, bless, boost, felicitate, give a big cigar, give bouquet, give regards, gold star, hand it to, hear it for, laud, pat on back, praise, rejoice with, salute, stroke*, toast, wish happy returns, wish joy to, wish one well |
Antonyms: |
commiserate, criticize, harp |