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appreciating - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | appreciate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be grateful, thankful |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, enjoy, welcome, be appreciative, be indebted, be obliged, flip over, freak out on, get high on, give thanks, groove on* |
| 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: | criticize, disparage, disregard, neglect, overlook, be critical |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | appreciate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | increase in worth |
| Synonyms: | enhance, gain, grow, improve, inflate, rise, raise the value of |
| Antonyms: | decrease, depreciate, lose value |
| Main Entry: | appreciate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | recognize worth |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, apprehend, comprehend, dig, fathom, grasp, know, perceive, read, realize, recognize, savvy, understand, be aware of, be cognizant of, be conscious of, catch the drift, see daylight, sympathize with, take account of |
| Main Entry: | appreciate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | value highly |
| Synonyms: | admire, adore, applaud, apprise, cherish, enjoy, esteem, extol, honor, like, love, praise, prize, regard, relish, respect, savor, treasure, look up to, rate highly |
| Main Entry: | thanking |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | being grateful |
| Synonyms: | acknowledging appreciation, appreciating, giving thanks |
| Antonyms: | critical, disparaging, finding fault |
| Main Entry: | sympathetic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concerned, feeling |
| Synonyms: | affectionate, benign, compassionate, considerate, interested, kind, kindhearted, kindly, loving, responsive, sensitive, soft, softhearted, tender, thoughtful, understanding, vicarious, warm, warmhearted, all heart, appreciating, benignant, caring, commiserating, comprehending, condoling, having heart in right place, pitying, supportive, sympathizing |
| Antonyms: | callous, merciless, uncaring, unconcerned, unfeeling, unsympathetic |
| Main Entry: | realizing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective3 |
| Definition: | understanding |
| Synonyms: | discerning, finding, grasping, knowing, perceiving, appreciating, apprehending, being aware, comprehending, recognizing |
| Main Entry: | admire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold in high regard |
| Synonyms: | adore, applaud, appreciate, approve, cherish, commend, credit, delight in, esteem, eulogize, extol, fall for*, glorify, go for*, hail, honor, idolize, laud, praise, prize, respect, revere, treasure, value, venerate, worship, be crazy about, be crazy for, be crazy over, be mad about, be nuts about, be stuck on, be sweet on, be wild about, get high on, groove on*, hold in respect, look up to, marvel at, moon over, pay homage to, rate highly, take pleasure in, think highly of, wonder at |
| Antonyms: | abhor, condemn, despise, detest, dislike, execrate, hate, scorn |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | apprehend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | understand |
| Synonyms: | absorb, accept, appreciate, believe, catch, comprehend, conceive, digest, fathom, get, grasp, have, imagine, know, perceive, read, realize, recognize, sense, think, get the picture |
| Antonyms: | misunderstand |
| Main Entry: | approve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | agree something is good |
| Synonyms: | accept, acclaim, admire, applaud, appreciate, commend, countenance, esteem, favor, handle, like, praise, respect, approbate, be big on, face it, go along with, grin and bear it, live with, put up with, regard highly, 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, spurt, strengthen, succeed, swell, thrive, rise in value |
| Antonyms: | collapse, fail, falter, lose |
| Main Entry: | cherish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | care about deeply |
| Synonyms: | admire, adore, appreciate, clasp, coddle, comfort, cosset, cultivate, defend, dote on, embrace, encourage, enshrine, entertain, fancy, fondle, foster, guard, harbor, honor, hug, idolize, like, love, nourish, nurse, nurture, pet, preserve, prize, revere, reverence, safeguard, shelter, shield, support, sustain, treasure, value, venerate, worship, apprize, care for, cleave to, cling to, hold dear, hold in high esteem |
| Antonyms: | abandon, denounce, forsake, renounce, not care |
| Main Entry: | comprehend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | understand |
| Synonyms: | appreciate, apprehend, assimilate, catch, click, conceive, dig*, discern, envisage, envision, fathom, get*, grasp, have, know, make out*, perceive, read, savvy*, see, take in, tumble*, capiche, cognize, get the picture, gotcha |
| Antonyms: | misinterpret, mistake, misunderstand |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | conceive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | understand |
| Synonyms: | accept, appreciate, apprehend, assume, believe, catch, compass, comprehend, deem, dig, envisage, expect, fancy, feel, follow, gather, get, grasp, imagine, judge, perceive, realize, reckon, suppose, suspect, take, twig |
| Antonyms: | misunderstand, not believe |
| Main Entry: | delight in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take pleasure from |
| Synonyms: | admire, adore, appreciate, cherish, dig*, eat up*, enjoy, get a kick out of*, like, love, relish, savor, amuse oneself, be content, be pleased, feast on, get high on, get off on, glory in, groove on*, indulge in, live a little, live it up, luxuriate in, revel in |
| Antonyms: | dislike, hate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | devour |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | swallow, consume |
| Synonyms: | absorb, annihilate, appreciate, bolt, cram*, delight in, destroy, dispatch, eat, enjoy, exhaust, feed on, go through, gobble, gorge*, gulp, guzzle, imbibe, ingest, inhale, pig out*, polish off*, ravage, relish, spend, stuff, take, take in, waste, wipe out, wolf*, be engrossed by, be preoccupied, bolt down, chow down, do compulsively, do voraciously, drink in, feast on, gloat over, hoover, partake of, rejoice in, revel in, scarf down, use up, wolf down |
| Antonyms: | abstain, pick |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dig |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | enjoy, like |
| Synonyms: | appreciate, follow, go for*, groove*, love, mind, relish, understand |
| Antonyms: | dislike |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | enhance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | improve, embellish |
| Synonyms: | add to, adorn, aggrandize, amplify, appreciate, augment, beautify, boom, boost, build up, complement, elevate, embroider, enlarge, exaggerate, exalt, heighten, increase, intensify, lift, magnify, pad*, pyramid*, raise, reinforce, strengthen, swell, upgrade, flesh out |
| Antonyms: | decrease, fix, lower, minimize, reduce, worsen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | enjoy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take pleasure in, from something |
| Synonyms: | adore, appreciate, delight in, dig*, dote on*, eat up*, fancy, get a kick out of*, go, have a ball*, like, love, mind, relish, savor, be entertained, be fond of, be pleased, cotton to, drink in, flip over, freak out on, get a charge out of, get high on, have a good time, have fun, live a little, live it up, luxuriate in, paint the town, rejoice in, revel in, take joy in, thrill to |
| Antonyms: | detest, dislike, hate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | esteem |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think highly of |
| Synonyms: | admire, appreciate, apprise, cherish, consider, honor, idolize, like, love, prize, regard, respect, revere, reverence, treasure, value, venerate, worship, be fond of, hold dear, look up to, regard highly, think the world of |
| Antonyms: | abuse, dislike, disregard, disrespect, hate, insult, mock, ridicule |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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