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admiration - 15 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | admiration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | great respect |
| Synonyms: | account, adoration, affection, applause, appreciation, approbation, approval, deference, delight, esteem, estimation, favor, fondness, glorification, homage, honor, idolatry, liking, love, obeisance, pleasure, praise, recognition, regard, reverence, veneration, wonder, wonderment, worship, idolization, marveling, prizing, valuing |
| Antonyms: | aversion, contempt, disapproval, disgust, dislike, disregard, hate, hatred, loathing |
| Main Entry: | adoration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intense love |
| Synonyms: | admiration, ardor, attachment, crush, devotion, esteem, estimation, exaltation, glorification, hankering, honor, idolatry, infatuation, passion, puppy love*, reverence, shine*, veneration, weakness*, worship, yen*, amore, idolization, pash, worshipping |
| Antonyms: | abhorrence, detestation, disrespect, hate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | amazement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of surprise |
| Synonyms: | admiration, astonishment, awe, bewilderment, confusion, marvel, shock, stopper*, stupefaction, wonder, wonderment, confoundment, one for the books, perplexity, something else, stunner |
| Antonyms: | calmness, composure, cool, coolness, indifference, preparation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | approbation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | praise |
| Synonyms: | admiration, approval, consent, endorsement, esteem, favor, go-ahead*, okay, permission, recognition, sanction, support, bells, high regard, the nod |
| Antonyms: | criticism, disapprobation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | awe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amazement |
| Synonyms: | admiration, apprehension, astonishment, consternation, dread, esteem, fear, fright, horror, regard, respect, reverence, shock, stupefaction, terror, veneration, wonder, wonderment, worship |
| Antonyms: | calmness, coolness, expectation, familiarity, intimacy, steadiness |
| Main Entry: | compliment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | praise, flattery |
| Synonyms: | acclaim, acclamation, admiration, adulation, applause, appreciation, approval, blessing, bouquet*, commendation, confirmation, congratulations, courtesy, encomium, endorsement, eulogy, favor, homage, honor, laud, laurels, notice, ovation, panegyric, pat on the back, posy*, regard, respects, sanction, sentiment, tribute, veneration, buttering up, cajolery, comp, felicitation, good word, kudo, laudation, orchid, 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | estimation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief, guess |
| Synonyms: | admiration, appraisal, appreciation, arithmetic, assessment, calculating, computation, consideration, credit, esteem, estimate, estimating, evaluation, favor, impression, judgment, opinion, reckoning, regard, respect, stock, valuation, veneration, view, ciphering, considered opinion, figuring, predicting |
| Antonyms: | disbelief |
| Main Entry: | favor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | approval, good opinion; help |
| Synonyms: | accommodation, account, admiration, aid, approbation, assistance, backing, benediction, benefit, benevolence, bias, blessing, boon, championship, compliment, consideration, cooperation, courtesy, dispensation, encouragement, esteem, estimation, friendliness, gift, good will*, grace, indulgence, kindness, largess, okay, partiality, patronage, present, regard, respect, service, support, token, benignity, good turn, obligement |
| Antonyms: | disapproval, disfavor |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | reverence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | high opinion of something |
| Synonyms: | admiration, adoration, apotheosis, approbation, approval, awe, bow, deference, devotion, esteem, fealty, fear, homage, honor, love, loyalty, obeisance, piety, praise, prostration, respect, veneration, worship, deification, devoutness, genuflection, high esteem, obsequiousness, religiousness |
| Antonyms: | disdain, disregard, disrespect, scorn |
| Main Entry: | veneration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reverence |
| Synonyms: | admiration, adoration, esteem, honor, respect, idolization |
| Main Entry: | desire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | want, longing |
| Synonyms: | admiration, ambition, appetite, ardor, aspiration, attraction, avidity, concupiscence, covetousness, craving, craze, cupidity, devotion, doting, eagerness, fancy, fascination, fervor, fondness, frenzy, greed, hankering*, hunger, inclination, infatuation, itch*, lasciviousness, lechery, libido, liking, love, lust, mania, motive, need, passion, predilection, proclivity, propensity, rapture, relish, solicitude, thirst, urge, voracity, will, wish, yearning, rapaciousness, ravenousness, salacity |
| Antonyms: | aversion, disgust, dislike, distaste, hate, hatred, repulsion |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wonder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amazement |
| Synonyms: | admiration, astonishment, awe, bewilderment, concern, confusion, consternation, curiosity, doubt, fascination, fear, incredulity, jar, jolt, perturbation, reverence, shock, skepticism, start, stupefaction, stupor, surprise, suspicion, uncertainty, wondering, wonderment, marveling, perplexity, puzzlement |
| Antonyms: | expectation |
| Main Entry: | approval |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | good opinion |
| Synonyms: | acclaim, admiration, applause, appreciation, approbation, commendation, esteem, favor, liking, pat on the back, praise, puff, regard, respect, wow*, PR, pat on the head, pumping up, strokes, stroking |
| Antonyms: | disapproval, disfavor, dislike, hatred |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cult |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | worship; form of ceremony |
| Synonyms: | admiration, ceremony, craze, creed, devotion, faith, liturgy, persuasion, religion, reverence, rite, ritual, veneration, cultus, faddism, idolization |
| Main Entry: | appreciation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | recognition of worth |
| Synonyms: | admiration, affection, appraisal, assessment, attraction, awareness, cognizance, commendation, comprehension, enjoyment, esteem, estimation, grasp, knowledge, liking, love, perception, realization, recognition, regard, relish, respect, sensibility, sensitivity, sympathy, understanding, valuation, aesthetic sense, high regard, responsivenesss, sensitiveness |
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